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DECEMBER 2017 SAIC of PPD reunion at the White House!

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DECEMBER 2017 SAIC of PPD reunion at the White House! All the still-living SAIC's of PPD- Possibly current SAIC Anthony Ornato, Joe Clancy, John Magaw, David Carpenter, Clint Hill, Richard Keiser, President Trump, Rich "Skip" Miller, Lew Merletti, Carl Truscott, Michael White, Brian Stafford, Robert Buster, Eddie Marinzel and Nick Trotta (not pictured: Robert DeProspero, Larry Cockell, Ray Shaddick, Don White and Vic Erevia)

WHO'S WHO IN THE SECRET SERVICE: HISTORY'S MOST RENOWNED AGENTS coming 2018

WHO'S WHO IN THE SECRET SERVICE: HISTORY'S MOST RENOWNED AGENTS coming 2018

UPDATED SAIC of PPD list

UPDATED SAIC of PPD list

The Associated Press, 7/18/98: “[Larry] Cockell is one of only 24 special agents to be in charge of the presidential protective division since it started in 1901 and is the first black to hold the job.”

1. Joseph E. Murphy (Teddy Roosevelt [1901]-Taft eras)

2. Dick Jervis (Wilson era)

3. Col. Edmund W. Starling (Wilson-FDR)

4. Michael F. Reilly (1943-1945)

5. George C. Drescher (SAIC 4/12/45-5/3/46; nephew Earl L. Drescher became the deputy chief of the Executive Protective Service in the late 1970’s)

6. James J. Rowley (1946-Sept. 1961)

7. Gerald A. Behn (Sept. 1961-Jan. 1965)

8. Rufus W. Youngblood (1965)

9. Thomas “Lem” Johns (Fall 1965)

10. Clinton J. Hill (Approx. 1966-1968)

11. Robert H. Taylor1 (LBJ & NIXON: 1968-Feb. 1973)

12. Richard E. Keiser (Feb. 1973-1978; Nixon, Ford, Carter)

13. John R. Simpson (Carter; 1978-1979)

14. Gerald S. Parr (Carter-Reagan; 1979-early 1982)

15. Robert DeProspero (Reagan, Jan. 1982-approx. April 1985) 

16. Ray Shaddick (Reagan/ Bush; 1985-1989)

17. John W. Magaw (Bush; approximately 1989-1992)

18. Rich “Skip” Miller (Bush/ Clinton; approximately 1992-1993)

19. David Carpenter (Clinton; 1994-1995)

20. Don Flynn (Clinton)

21. Lewis C. Merletti (Clinton)

22. Brian L. Stafford (Clinton)

23. Larry Cockell (Clinton)

24.Carl Truscott (Bush)

25. Eddie Marinzel (Bush)

26. Nick Trotta (Bush)

27. Don White (Bush) [photo not available]

28. Joe Clancy (Obama; 2/1/09-6/30/11)

29. Vic Erevia (Obama; 2011-2013)

30. Robert Buster (Obama; 2013-2015; assistants: Thomas Rizza, Kimberly Tello)

31. Michael White (Obama/ Trump; 2015-2017)
32. SAIC Anthony Ornato

SAIC of PPD after Robert Buster: Michael White (mid-2015 to 2017: Obama to first 5 months of Trump)

MICHAEL WHITE-SAIC of PPD after Robert Buster: mid-2015 to 2017: Obama to first 5 months of Trump

https://www.hillardheintze.com/about/michael-white-4/

"His 26-year U.S. Secret Service career included responsibility for all protective measures for the U.S. President, First Lady, First Family, and White House Complex as well as service on the elite Presidential Protective Division (PPD) for the last five U.S. Presidents (Trump, Obama, Bush 43, Clinton and Bush 41)...Mike was first selected to join President Clinton’s protective detail in 1998. He was promoted to a key supervisory position in 2003. While serving on the presidential detail, Mike was responsible for implementing numerous strategic and operational enhancements to PPD, including development of specialized covert surveillance teams to strengthen protective measures surrounding the First Family following the attacks of 9-11...In 2006, Mike was ranked the top supervisory Special Agent in the entire Secret Service and promoted to a senior member of PPD...In 2015, Mike was selected as the Special Agent in Charge of PPD."

Various SAIC photos thru the decades

SAIC ROBERT DEPROSPERO

FUTURE SAIC DAVID CARPENTER

FUTURE SAIC MICHAEL WHITE BUSH ERA

FUTURE SAIC AND DIRECTOR JOE CLANCY

SAIC CARL TRUSCOTT NEAR THE END OF THE CLINTON ERA

SAIC CARL TRUSCOTT

SAIC PPD MICHAEL WHITE 2015-2017

Building rooftops were regularly guarded BEFORE the JFK assassination! Just one of the many revelations to be found in my new book THE NOT-SO-SECRET SERVICE:

Building rooftops were regularly guarded BEFORE the JFK assassination! Just one of the many revelations to be found in my new book THE NOT-SO-SECRET SERVICE: https://www.amazon.com/Not-So-Secret-Service-Agency-Kennedy-Assassination/dp/1634241207/ref=sr_1_5?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1477961936&sr=1-5

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The author (Gary Byrne, via his co-author) and the co-author of the #1 best-seller CRISIS OF CHARACTER, Grant M. Schmidt, praised my new book THE NOT-SO-SECRET SERVICE

The author (Gary Byrne, via his co-author) and the co-author of the #1 best-seller CRISIS OF CHARACTER, Grant M. Schmidt, praised my new book THE NOT-SO-SECRET SERVICE
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crisis_of_Character

GARY BYRNE

#1 HUGE RUNAWAY BEST-SELLER CRISIS OF CHARACTER- June 2016 and was a 11 week New York Times Bestseller and a 6 week #1 Bestseller

GRANT M SCHMIDT

https://www.linkedin.com/in/grant-schmidt-2a16389b

Author of the upcoming book SECRETS OF THE SECRET SERVICE (December 2017)

https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/gary-j-byrne/secrets-of-the-secret-service/9781546082477/

4 STAR REVIEW (WAS BRIEFLY 5 STARS WHEN IT FIRST APPEARED):

Enjoyed following the trail of well-researched evidence with the sleuth author., August 2, 2017

By 

Amazon Customer

As the co-writer for former Secret Service Officer Gary Byrne, author of Crisis of Character, another Secret Service book, Gary and I found the Not-So Secret Service a very interesting and well researched read as we continue our own works and research. I enjoyed his tone and how he uses evidence in every instance of his points. He clearly yet neatly goes from commentary to objectivity as he breaks down the lesser known or never before publicly known mysteries of the Secret Service. His work on the Kennedy driver that died of a heart attack prior to the assassination was especially interesting and well researched. This book is also a tribute to many of the Secret Service veterans as well as education at large by keeping history alive.

I Am a Secret Service Agent: My Life Spent Protecting the President by former agent Dan Emmett

ESSENTIAL PURCHASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I Am a Secret Service Agent: My Life Spent Protecting the President                               


by former agent Dan Emmett
https://www.amazon.com/Secret-Service-Agent-Protecting-President/dp/1250130301/ref=pd_rhf_eetyp_p_img_4?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=ZYDN3EAJAA49AMKEYR8P




Dan Emmett was just eight years old when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. From that moment forward, he knew he wanted to become a Secret Service agent, one of an elite group of highly trained men and women dedicated to preserving the life of the President of the United States at any cost, including sacrificing their own lives if necessary. Armed with single-minded determination and a never-quit attitude, he did just that. Selected over thousands of other highly qualified applicants to become an agent, he was eventually chosen to be one of the best of the best and provided protection worldwide for Presidents George Herbert Walker Bush, William Jefferson Clinton, and George W. Bush.
I Am a Secret Service Agent skillfully describes the duties and challenges of conducting presidential advances, dealing with the media, driving the President in a bullet-proof limousine, running alongside him through the streets of Washington, and flying with him on Air Force One. With fascinating anecdotes, Emmett weaves keen insight into the unique culture and history of the Secret Service with the inner workings of the White House. I Am A Secret Service Agent is a must read for young adults interested in a career in federal law enforcement.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"A heart-pumping account. . . . Readers will admire Emmett’s discipline, commitment, physical strength, and endurance." ―Publishers Weekly
"He . . . join[ed] the Presidential Protective Division to work both 'shift' assignments and on more heavily armed Counter Assault Teams during the Bush and Clinton administrations. . . . A tough job for tough-minded people―rewarding but with a heavy load of responsibility." ―Kirkus Review

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About the Author

After a stint in the Marine Corps, DAN EMMETT joined the United States Secret Service, serving on the elite Counter Assault Team before being selected for the most coveted of all assignments in the Secret Service, the Presidential Protective Division. After 21 years as an agent, Emmett retired from the Secret Service and today is an adjunct professor as well as a security consultant for both private industry and the United States Government. Emmett is the author of Within Arm's Length and it's YA adaptation, I Am a Secret Service Agent.

MY AMAZON REVIEW:

5 stars out of 5: THE definitive memoir on the Secret Service BY a tremendous former agent!, June 16, 2017

Former agent Dan Emmett has truly honored the Secret Service with the writing of this book. In my learned opinion, after studying the Secret Service for many years and reading dozens upon dozens of books related to the agency, this very fine book is the best one ever written and perhaps will never be matched. Many books on the agency are dry, clinical studies of the agency, sanitized chronicles of a perhaps too-safe perspective, or tabloid-type historical junk, high on controversy but low on true substance.

Dan Emmett has written a book for the ages. From 1865 to the present time, the Secret Service has stood guard over the nation's currency and/or its presidents. In this same period of time, only one agency-related book rises above all others: I Am A Secret Service Agent.

Well done, Agent Emmett. Thank you for your service to our country.

MY THIRD BOOK DOING WELL!

my new (third) book THE NOT-SO-SECRET SERVICE: AGENCY TALES FROM FDR TO THE KENNEDY ASSASSINATION TO THE REAGAN ERA

50 DOWN, 50 TO GO!!!!!!!!!!! I still have copies of my new (third) book THE NOT-SO-SECRET SERVICE: AGENCY TALES FROM FDR TO THE KENNEDY ASSASSINATION TO THE REAGAN ERA available to be signed and sent personally to you (the book is doing well on Amazon etc. but many people prefer the personal touch of an autographed copy). If interested, please send me a personal message here or send me an e-mail at vincebethel@yahoo.com ~~~ here is the Amazon site, too:

https://www.amazon.com/Not-So-Secret-Service-Agency-Kennedy-Assassination/dp/1634241207/ref=sr_1_5?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1477961936&sr=1-5

THE NOT-SO-SECRET SERVICE OUT NOW!!!!

https://www.amazon.com/Not-So-Secret-Service-Agency-Kennedy-Assassination/dp/1634241207/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

GREAT NEWS! The paperback edition is NOW AVAILABLE on Amazon and worldwide (a day early)! The kindle, nook, and Google Play versions have been out since 4/21/17. The reaction has been overwhelmingly great (including from authors Phil Nelson, Flip De Mey, and David Wayne). I appreciate all your support. If you would like a signed copy directly from myself, send me a private message.

KINDLE 4/21/17; PAPERBACK 5/1/17; MY BEST BOOK

THE NOT-SO-SECRET SERVICE: AGENCY TALES FROM FDR TO THE KENNEDY ASSASSINATION TO THE REAGAN ERA

 

I am very excited about my third book THE NOT-SO-SECRET SERVICE: AGENCY TALES FROM FDR TO THE KENNEDY ASSASSINATION TO THE REAGAN ERA! This one is my best one yet! I know a lot of authors probably feel this way about their latest work, but, in this instance, it is the truth. My first one SURVIVOR’S GUILT is a very good textbook style volume that has a necessarily narrow focus (the JFK assassination), while my second one is openly a reference work (with the same narrow focus that, admittedly, is probably more for the serious student/researcher on the case). While I am proud of my first two books, this one is the most readable, the most diverse (FDR, Truman, Ike, JFK, LBJ, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan era Secret Service), and contains some explosive chapters related to the JFK assassination that will really get people talking! KINDLE COMING  4/21/17; PAPERBACK COMING 5/1/17  (like the other two, Kindle, paperback and E-book formats…even the Nook. I am a proud TRINE DAY author. I even have a FOURTH book completed, but I am getting ahead of myself). I cannot wait for you to read this one! Finally- a book you can take to the beach that may make you not want to go into the water; too much to ponder! There are POSITIVE chapters in the book (not all doom and gloom or critical assessments), yet I feel the JFK-related chapters will really get people fired up! I am very excited about this one- can you tell?

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MY THIRD BOOK COMING 5/1/17: "THE NOT-SO-SECRET SERVICE" !!!!!!!!!

MY BEST BOOK COMING 5/1/17: "THE NOT-SO-SECRET SERVICE"

https://www.amazon.com/Not-So-Secret-Service-Agency-Kennedy-Assassination/dp/1634241207/ref=pd_rhf_dp_p_img_4?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=BCDHEARMMF8T2N4H5ZT0

FDR, Truman, Ike, JFK, LBJ, Nixon, Ford, Carter and Reagan: ALL these eras with regard to the Secret Service are explored via many interviews and correspondence with former agents and White House aides and much primary research. This is the most readable, most illustrated (photos and news articles), most diverse, and simply the BEST of my three books to date (I have a fourth completed- more on that later)!

- Gerald Blaine's book is thoroughly and decisively DEBUNKED even further than what was accomplished in my first book;

-some amazing agents are analyzed thru the decades;

-and...so much more!!

I AM VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS BOOK! My admiration for the Secret Service (especially certain agents) and my CRITICISM of their performance on 11/22/63 both come shining through. My first book was a very good textbook with a narrow focus (the Secret Service in regard to the JFK assassination); my second book was a very good reference book, again with a decidedly narrow focus (again, the JFK assassination, albeit the medical evidence aspect)...my third book is a great BOOK that demonstrates that I am no "one-trick pony": I am interested in history, other presidents (beside JFK) and the Secret Service, in general (my fourth book carries my Secret Service expertise even further along, but I digress).

I HOPE YOU GET MY THIRD BOOK The Not-So-Secret Service: Agency Tales from FDR to the Kennedy Assassination to the Reagan Era       5/1/2017

FROM AMAZON:

While there haven't been many Secret Service related books about U.S. presidents, the ones still in print (and even those long out of print) are often sanitized memoirs of a politically correct nature or "tell-all" tabloid historical junk meant merely for entertainment purposes. The Not-So-Secret Service provides the facts with the bark off, so to speak, and reveals politically incorrect information of a decidedly unsafe nature. It may be controversial and against the grain, but this book is heavily documented and timely, as the Secret Service guards our political candidates, foreign dignitaries, and, of course, the President, the first family and the ex-presidents and their families.                        

Biography

Vince Palamara is the leading civilian Secret Service authority. His first book, "SURVIVOR'S GUILT: THE SECRET SERVICE & THE FAILURE TO PROTECT PRESIDENT KENNEDY" (2013), took over 20 years to research and write and has garnered much favorable reaction. His second book, "JFK: FROM PARKLAND TO BETHESDA- THE ULTIMATE KENNEDY ASSASSINATION COMPENDIUM" (2015), took over 15 years to research and write and has also garnered much favorable reaction. His third book, "THE NOT SO SECRET SERVICE- AGENCY TALES FROM FDR TO THE KENNEDY ASSASSINATION TO THE REAGAN ERA" (2017), took 10 years to research and write. Palamara has appeared in over 100 other author's books, radio, television/DVDs, newspapers, at national conferences, and many online resources. Vince also appears in the DVD/BLU RAY "A COUP IN CAMELOT" (2016).

FORMER SAIC PPD AND DIRECTOR JOHN SIMPSON: RIP 2/10/2017

CLINT HILL AND JOHN SIMPSON WITH LBJ 1967

JOE CLANCY + TRUMP SAIC, ETC.

JOE CLANCY + TRUMP SAIC, ETC.

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ARROWS LEFT TO RIGHT: CURRENT SAIC OF PPD; TRUMP'S DETAIL LEADER DURING CAMPAIGN/ DEPUTY; GUARDED OBAMA WHEN HE WAS A CANDIDATE] WASHINGTON - Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh C. Johnson joins Director of U.S. Secret Service Joseph Clancy to deliver remarks at the USSS Leadership Conference in Washington, D.C., May 10, 2016. Official DHS photo by Barry Bahler

Outstanding Director Joe Clancy steps down

I think Joe, a damn good man, honestly cannot stomach Trump and his minions. This does NOT infer he would not do his job 100 percent as a professional...it tells me he came out of retirement for Obama (he was the former Special Agent in Charge and they were close) and he is choosing to go BACK into retirement without any fuss.

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https://www.yahoo.com/news/secret-director-retiring-lead-agency-amid-turmoil-171243311--politics.html

Secret Service and President Trump 1/20/17

Secret Service and President Trump 1/20/2017

Agents of the Presidential Protective Division (PPD)- some speculate that fake tactical arm(s) for easier access to machine gun or other firearms underneath were used. Some of the photos and the one video is compelling.

https://www.facebook.com/edsmanifesto/videos/1255162901267376/

NEW BOOK 2017

Thank you for all your support! My third book THE NOT SO SECRET SERVICE comes out 5/1/17:

https://www.amazon.com/Not-So-Secret-Service-Agency-Kennedy-Assassination/dp/1634241207/ref=sr_1_5?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1477961936&sr=1-5

See also my major appearance on the DVD/ BLU RAY/ streaming documentary A COUP IN CAMELOT:

https://www.amazon.com/Coup-Camelot-Peter-Coyote/dp/B01MECN1LP/ref=pd_rhf_dp_p_img_1?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=G80FKDM2N9FXXV2GVS8B
http://acoupincamelot.com/

My second book JFK: FROM PARKLAND TO BETHESDA:

https://www.amazon.com/JFK-Parkland-Bethesda-Assassination-Compendium/dp/1634240278/ref=pd_rhf_dp_p_img_2?

https://www.amazon.com/Survivors-Guilt-Service-Failure-President/dp/1937584607/ref=pd_sim_14_3?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=7FSB4DW0JCA92WG84X5Z


Vince Palamara