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Three-Time Presidential Secret Service Agent Ken Valentine | Mike Ritland Podcast Episode 196

Mike Drop

Mike Ritland

Society & Culture, Documentary, Politics, News

4.96.3K Ratings

🗓️ 14 July 2024

⏱️ 219 minutes

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Summary

Subscribe to the Mike Drop Patreon Page to see Ad-Free Episodes Early + Bonus Content at https://www.patreon.com/mikedrop As our cultural landscape changes, so do our leaders. Few know that better than Ken Valentine, of course; a retired Secret Service agent, Ken served under three Presidents - Clinton, Bush, and Barack Obama - as each wrestled with their own challenges of office, in their own time and in their own ways. For Ken, keeping up with the President wasn't just a challenge - it was a career, full of travel, intel, and unique situations that demanded not just his utmost attention, but his life and the lives of his fellow agents if necessary. But 24 years at the Agency doesn't capture all of Ken's work - since his tenure, he's joined the Board of The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, penned a memoir about his work called 'Cheating Death: Three-Time Presidential Secret Service Agent Lives To Tell You How,' and even spent time in the fields of science and technology, joining the Board of Advisors at a new breakthrough in the field of quantum physics called 'Base Molecular Resonance Technology.' But how does somebody get into the Secret Service? What qualifications does one need to attain the position of Presidential Protection Detail for not just one, but three different sitting Presidents? And most importantly - how exactly does somebody go about cheating death? Let's ask Ken. ---------- Support Ken Valentine - Get Your Copy of 'Cheating Death: Three-Time Presidential Secret Service Agent Lives To Tell You How' at https://www.kennethvalentine.com/order Support the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children: https://www.missingkids.org/home Support the WellHouse Home: https://www.the-wellhouse.org Website: https://www.kennethvalentine.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/authorkennethvalentine ---------- Sponsors: Beam Take advantage of Beam's biggest sale of the year and get up to 40% off for a limited time when you go to https://www.shopbeam.com/MIKEDROP and use promo code MIKEDROP at checkout! ---------- True Classic Tees Upgrade your wardrobe and get up to 25% OFF @trueclassic at https://www.trueclassic.com/MIKEDROP! #trueclassicpod #sponsored ---------- Fueled by TeamDog | www.mikeritlandco.com | @Teamdog.pet ALL THINGS MIKE RITLAND: SHOP for Fueled By Team Dog Performance Dog Food, Treats, Apparel, Accessories, and Protection dogs - MikeRitlandCo.com - https://www.MikeRitlandCo.com Team Dog Online dog training - TeamDog.pet - https://www.TeamDog.pet Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

How do you wake up the president?

0:02.0

Very carefully.

0:03.0

I remember what?

0:04.0

You knock on the door?

0:05.0

Do you open the door?

0:06.0

Absolutely.

0:07.0

Yeah.

0:08.0

Yeah. Yeah, both.

0:09.0

So I mean...

0:10.0

Time was kind of the essence here.

0:12.0

No, it's no big secret. They give you a goofy

0:16.1

car with these antennas on it and I've been to 74 countries and almost every

0:21.0

state in the Union and it was true all across the world.

0:24.4

Hey the FBI are Kings of investigation.

0:26.6

The Secret Service has a lot more fun.

0:29.0

When I went back to work I put down that my first choice was the presence detail and my second choice was the

0:34.9

presence detail my third choice was the presence detail. Of all the nights that I worked at the

0:39.4

White House you know you're always at some level of ready and here I'm being told we don't need you.

0:45.0

Our country's in crisis what do you mean you don't need me?

0:48.0

I don't see her in the interim so I just left a note on the table that said I'm headed to

0:51.6

California I'll call you when I get there.

0:54.0

And that's the life of a Secret Service agent. Ladies and gentlemen as always it's both an honor and a pleasure to welcome my

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