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    Back to Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Inside the Secret Service

    Members of Congress questioned the head of the Secret Service on Capitol Hill yesterday. Julia Pierson tried to explain how an intruder with a knife made it all the way to the entrance of the Green Room before he was stopped. At the hearing, sitting next to Julia Pierson, was Ralph Basham. He ran the Secret Service from 2003 to 2006.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Oct 1, 2014 • 1 min read

    Members of Congress questioned the head of the Secret Service on Capitol Hill yesterday. Julia Pierson tried to explain how an intruder with a knife made it all the way to the entrance of the Green Room before he was stopped. At the hearing, sitting next to Julia Pierson, was Ralph Basham. He ran the Secret Service from 2003 to 2006. Before that, he was a Secret Service agent for over 25 years. He joins us to discuss the current Secret Service situation.

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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Christian Bordal

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      Matt Holzman

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      Ralph Basham

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    The full episode

    1 of 5
    The Great Cooking Debate of 2014
    1. 0:00Inside the Secret ServiceYou’re reading this
    2. 8:03Downtown Utopia Hits A Snag
    3. 16:49“Yes Means Yes” App
    4. 27:19The Great Cooking Debate of 2014
    5. 42:40Why is Today National Kale Day?
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