How the Secret Service Foiled an Assassination Plot Against Trump by ISIS

thedailybeast.com ^ | 10/12/18 | Marlowe Stern

[a little elbow grease]

(snip) -- A pair of Secret Service agents assigned to protect President Trump open up about the anxieties of their jobs and a pair of credible assassination threats they stopped in Manila.

November 1996, President Clinton visited Manila for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum. Protests raged in the streets, with American flags being burned, so local police closed down many roads, allowing the Secret Service to chart a specific route for the president’s motorcade. As the president and members of his cabinet traveled from their hotel to the first venue of the day, “There was intelligence that came in, and we at the last minute decided to change the motorcade route,” a former Secret Service agent recalls. “It was determined that al-Qaeda and Osama bin Laden had placed a bomb along the route in anticipation of the motorcade coming that way.”

Bin Laden had indeed placed a bomb under a bridge, and just before the president’s motorcade was due to cross it, the Secret Service re-routed the vehicle down a side road. President Clinton (codename: “Eagle”) was safe. Twenty-one years later, there was a plot against President Trump’s life in Manila—a shocking fact revealed in United States Secret Service: On the Front Line, a two-hour special airing on the National Geographic Channel Sunday night that—for the first time—provides viewers with a behind-the-scenes glimpse of the workings of the Secret Service, and the complex measures they take to protect the president of the United States.

[a little elbow grease]

Earlier I was reluctant to even post this article, but I guess I felt it was news. But I don't even like to see that "a" word in an article.

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On the lighter side ...... from the end of the article:

"In addition ..... Special Agents Ragan and Gibson both say that if you want a good idea of what life is like as a member of the Secret Service, watch the film Guarding Tess, starring the inimitable Nicolas Cage."

----- my wife and I saw this movie years ago. It's very entertaining and funny at times. “If you’re wanting a movie to really know what it’s like to work as a member of the Secret Service on a daily basis, watch Guarding Tess,” says Special Agent Ragan. “There’s a lot of truth to that. They’re guarding the first lady and there’s a lot of tedium, and that’s a big part of what the job is. There’s a lot of standing around, a lot of waiting, a lot of hoping that nothing bad happens, but then you’ve gotta be prepared if it does.”

[Lockbox]

Thanks for posting, did a brief read and will take time later to read the complete article.

[Qiviut]

..... or whether they find ex-Secret Service agent turning right-wing pundit Dan Bongino’s self-serving partisanship off-putting,

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The writer just HAD to get a hit in on Bongino. Dan eats the Left's lunch every day, with gusto.

[hardspunned]

I’m really only concerned about domestic terrorists, the Democrat mob and DS operatives, making an attempt on the president’s life.

[KSCITYBOY]

btt

[Bonemaker]

How about somebody foiling all the plots against Trump by our government and politicians?

[trebb]

I bet if anyone were to assassinate Trump, Pence would go “all Trump” on them and make them regret it....bigly.

[frank ballenger]

I must add God Forbid.

Dear God, Please continue to protect President Trump and his family. Amen.

[isthisnickcool]

Someone is stupid. You never give up sources and methods publically.

[a little elbow grease]

"Someone is stupid. You never give up sources and methods publicly."

Yes.

I read the entire weak article and felt the same way. There is at least something disingenuous about the article.

[a little elbow grease]

"Thanks for posting, did a brief read and will take time later to read the complete article."

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I hope the actions of security as reported are not true, because ..... as it is written it looks like these people should keep their mouths shut.

[a little elbow grease]

..... or whether they find ex-Secret Service agent turning right-wing pundit Dan Bongino’s self-serving partisanship off-putting, ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The writer just HAD to get a hit in on Bongino. Dan eats the Left's lunch every day, with gusto.

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I saw that. Dan is the man.

[a little elbow grease]

I think of these dangers every day.

Prayers .......

[a little elbow grease]

" ........Pence would go “all Trump” on them and make them regret it....bigly."

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We should certainly hope so.

[a little elbow grease]

"Dear God, Please continue to protect President Trump and his family. Amen."

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Yes, yes, yes, ......

[VanShuyten]

I wonder if NatGeo spends any time on the agents dodging ashtrays thrown by Hellary?

[IronJack]

I don’t remember any press reports about riots when Clinton went to the Phillipines. I thought Democrat presidents were universally worshipped.

[353FMG]

It is not so much ISIS that Trump has to be protected against but the RATS.

ISIS has probably infiltrated the Democrat Party already.

[bgill]

Hope they’re watching for an Arkancide.