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It’s not every day you get the chance to speak with a United States Secret Service agent. Albert Tam recently retired from his twenty-five year law enforcement career as the Supervisory Special Agent for the Secret Service’s Office of Intergovernmental and Legislative Affairs.

He has worked in multiple cities, where he led criminal investigations and conducted behavioral threat assessments and protective intelligence investigations. Albert also provided protection and security to Vice Presidents Cheney and Biden.

I had a ton of questions for Albert. Is the work more physical or mental? What does it take to be a good agent? He was very gracious to answer my questions and share stories about life on the road during protective detail for Vice Presidents Cheney and Biden.

Albert was in DC during the January 6, 2021 Capitol attack and at Trump’s infamous photo op at St. John’s Church. We discussed his thoughts on those incidents and some of what happened behind the scenes. As a reminder, the opinions expressed in this podcast are his own and do not reflect the United States Secret Service.

I feel fortunate to have shared in this insightful conversation with Albert where he reminded me that at the end of the day, we are all human.

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Discussed in this episode:

USSS
White Eyebrow Kung Fu
January 6, 2021 Insurrection at the Capitol
Photo op at St. John’s Church
Wah Lum Kung Fu

BIO
Albert H. Tam entered the ranks of federal law enforcement in 1996 as a United States Probation/Parole Officer for the Eastern District of New York. He subsequently joined the United States Secret Service (USSS) and was sworn in as a USSS Special Agent in 1999. His posts of duty have included the New York Field Office, USSS Headquarters, Washington Field Office, and the Orlando Field Office, where he led criminal investigations involving, counterfeiting, financial fraud, and cyber-crime. He was also responsible for conducting behavioral threat assessments and protective intelligence investigations involving threats directed toward the President and Vice President of the United States, among other individuals under the protection of the Secret Service.
Agent Tam has represented the Secret Service as a member of the FBI/NYPD Joint Terrorism Task Force, and in 2007, he was assigned to the Vice-Presidential Protective Division where he provided protection and security to Vice Presidents Cheney and Biden. Additionally, from 2007 to 2010, he assumed the collateral duty assignment as the Asian/Pacific Islander Special Emphasis Program Manager for the Secret Service. He retired from his twenty-five (25) year law enforcement career as the Supervisory Special Agent for the Secret Service’s Office of Intergovernmental and Legislative Affairs where he was responsible for coordinating and overseeing all Secret Service related operational and policy matters with the Department of Homeland Security.

A native of Montreal, Canada, he moved to the United States in 1970 where his family chose to settle in Queens, New York. He currently resides in Orlando, Florida with his wife and son.

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