# 026 - Retired Assistant to the Special Agent in Charge Sean Quarmby

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Podcast: [Outside the Secret Service Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/outside-the-secret-service-podcast-7337301)
Published: 2025-12-09T11:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://OTSecretService.podbean.com/e/room-23-secrets-from-inside-the-white-house/
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Duration seconds: 5601

## Resource

On this Season 1 finale of OTSS, we sit down with Retired ATSAIC of the US Secret Service, Sean Quarmby. We cover his 25-year career that started in New York, saw time in Washington DC, then finishing in Charlotte (which is definitely in one of the Carolinas). Sean shares great stories and unique insights of what it's like to work inside the White Houses access control section (housed in Room 23), protective details, and memorable moments like running with a President who was all gas and no break. As fascinating as his career with the USSS was, his life retirement life remains one of service and daring feats. In addition to teaching the next generation of law enforcement professionals at a local community college, Sean has found time to write an award-winning novel, 'Room 23: A Secret Service Agent's Story of Espionage and Intrigue' which readers say is "an easy read that's intellectually stimulating and action packed". You can find the link to purchase the book here: https://a.co/d/9NxlJIO . It will definitely arrive in time for Christmas!

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