AS THE GOVERNMENT STATED, THE
WEIGHT OF THE EVIDENCE,
DANGEROUSNESS IS IMMENSE ALL
JOINING ME NOW WAS THE FORMER
SECRET SERVICE AGENT.
AS WOULDN’T HAVE BEEN DISCOVERED
IF NOT FOR AN ARBITRARY POSTAL
SERVICE INVESTIGATION.
THEY CLAIM TO BE WORKING FOR
HOMELAND SECURITY -- THE SPECIAL
POLICE INVESTIGATIVE DEPOT.
THE INSPECTOR QUICKLY REALIZED
THAT NO SUCH AGENCY EXISTED.
HOW DOES THIS HAPPEN FOR TWO
YEARS WITHOUT THESE GUYS BEING
FOUND OUT?
>> I WILL TELL YOU HOW.
ONE OF THE PROBLEMS WITH MOST
SECRET SERVICE EMPLOYEES AS THEY
ARE OVERWORKED AND EXHAUSTED.
I KNOW IT SOUNDS BIZARRE THAT
THEY WERE LIVING HERE FOR FREE,
AND YOU ARE RIGHT, THE RADAR
SHOULD HAVE BEEN OUT.
MY FIRST QUESTION IS HOW
CONVINCING WERE THEY, THE POSTAL
SERVICE AND INVESTIGATOR
STUMBLED INTO IT AND ABOUT
2 MINUTES, HOW DID -- I HAVE A
LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT IT.
MOST IMPORTANTLY, ALL THE
INFORMATION THAT COULD HAVE BEEN
GATHERED, WHERE’S THAT?
>> COULD THIS BE A FOREIGN
OPERATION?
HOW WIDESPREAD DO YOU THINK
OPERATIONS LIKE THIS ARE, AND
HOW COMPROMISED DO YOU THINK OUR
LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES COULD
BE?
>> BASED ON MY EXPERIENCE, OVER
29 YEARS, THIS SOUNDS LIKE THE HONEYPOT SCAM THAT WE WERE
HONEYPOT SCAM THAT WE WERE
TRAINED ON BACK IN THE ’80s, INSTEAD OF ALL
, THEY WERE USING FIREARMS.
YOU WERE CORRECT.
THEY SHOULDN’T BE TAKING ANY
HITS, THEY SHOULD BE ASKING
QUESTIONS, AND FOR IT TO GO ON
THIS LONG AND BE STUMBLED UPON
BY ANOTHER AGENCY, THE
SECRET SERVICE THEY’VE GOT A LOT
OF ANSWERS.
THE PROBLEMS THEY ARE LESS THAN
HONEST AT TIMES WHEN IT COMES TO
LOOKING AT THEMSELVES, THE
SECRET SERVICE.
>> HOW GULLIBLE ARE PEOPLE?
THEY COULD BE TAKEN IN THIS WAY,
AND DO YOU THINK IT MIGHT BE A
ROMANTIC ENTANGLEMENT?
AS FAR AS THEIR HISTORY WITH
WOMEN GOES?
>> TO SAY -- YOUR QUESTION OF
HOW GULLIBLE THEY ARE, TYPICALLY
THEY ARE NOT.
TYPICALLY, PEOPLE IN THE
SECRET SERVICE ARE SUSPICIOUS.
I’M GUESSING THEY WERE CHARMING,
WERE THROWING AROUND A LOT OF
MONEY, AND I THINK THEY BELIEVE
THAT THAT’S WHO THEY WERE.
THEY HAVE THE RIGHT KIND OF
VEHICLE, TAXABLE EQUIPMENT, THEY
HAD FIREARMS.
THEY BOUGHT IT HOOK, LINE, AND
SINKER BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO.
ONE OF THE THINGS YOU’VE GOT TO
LOOK AT IS THE WORK LOAD ON
THEM, AND HOW EXHAUSTED THEY ARE
ARE.
>> NOBODY HAS GREATER RESPECT
THAN WE DO FOR OUR
LAW ENFORCEMENT PEOPLE, SO MANY
PUT THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE, BUT
WHEN A NATIONAL SECURITY
APPARATUS IS COMPROMISED TO THIS
DEGREE, BY TWO GUYS WHO WERE
JUST BLUNDERING AROUND WITH A
LOT OF ARMAMENTS, ONE HAS TO
WORRY ABOUT WHAT’S HAPPENING TO
OUR OTHER AGENCIES.
HERE IS THAT A AGENCY
COMMUNICATION.
>> CROSS AGENCY COMMUNICATION IS
A FANTASY.
I’M SURE I SPEAK THEY WILL
REPEAT IT.
IT DOESN’T HAPPEN THAT MUCH,
DOESN’T HAPPEN THAT WELL.
THEY ARE TRYING TO PROTECT THEIR