Episode

025 - Retired Assistant Special Agent in Charge Charlie White

Podcast: Outside the Secret Service Podcast
Published: Nov 27, 2025
Duration seconds: 4890
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Summary

Retired Assistant Special Agent in Charge Charlie White recounts his 27-year Secret Service career spanning San Francisco Field Office fraud squads, Counter Assault Team work, Presidential Protective Division, and long-term overseas liaison posts in Bonn, Germany and Moscow, Russia. Charlie's career offers a unique insight into how cultural differences can shape security operations abroad. He reflects on leadership, integrity, and relationship-building as the key lessons he took into the private sector after retirement.