The White House is one of the most secure places in the world. It’s up there with Fort Knox, The Vatican Secret Archives, and maybe even Area 51! Which makes sense seeing as how it's home to one of the most important people in the world along with their family and staff. Nothing moves without the entire security team knowing about it. And as we’ve made technological advances and the world has, at moments, felt less safe, security has only gotten tighter and more high-tech. So join us for today’s video, where we look at the top 15 White House security features!
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I took a tour of the WH in the late 60's or early 70's when I was a kid. In those days you actually got a real tour.
I took a tour through the White House on a band trip back In like 2001. I’ll never forget that experience. Performed the national anthem where mlk did his “I had a dream speech” in the rain.
Same in the early 90’s. Then president Clinton actually came to say hello. Wow was pre 9/11 a different time!
He burn his House&houses in Street because she mental illness
I went in '72 as a kid too
I'm sure there are extra sensors on the stairs, for..well..you know
Whole the Secret Service was formed in 1865, it should be noted that they didn't take up presidential protection until 1901. The original purpose was anti-counterfeiting, and that is still the primary function.
He burn his House&houses in Street because she mental illness
So much security, yet no one knows who had cocaine?
You know they know who's it was. They just won't say. Who's ever it was probly tripped out when they realized they didn't have it on em anymore, especially if they realized once it was found lol. Could have been anyone's really, I'm sure they don't drug test obviously, look at the state of the country 😂😂😂😢
They know.
Lol, I'm sure they have a few leads, but it was probably terminated by secret security 😆. I mean, it was a long time ago, but the reason Bill Clinton finally admitted to his crimes ( getting Bjs in the oval office) was because the lady had Bill Clintons DNA on her dress.. That's effing crazy! But Trump has mean tweets 🙄 lol
it was hunters! Or its what they gave Biden before that state of the union address.
I love this question but I don't believe we get it*
Top Fives, muchos gracias, 4 bringing in vital news. God bless u more.
"Just because you can't see something doesn't mean you can't see it" - on the contrary, that's exactly what it means.
Yeah, he lost me there.
@@zinzeta same
It means that which cannot be seen outside the visible spectrum by us directly can be seen with instruments.
Sounds funny out of context, but he explains that like 2 seconds after he says it
Poor writing and quick publishing in the hunt for clicks and views.
One element that should have been highlighted is the anti-vibration aspect of the windows. With a laser and receiver at 1,000 yards, you can listen to a bulk conversation in a room as sound waves trigger micro-vibrations of the any window or door.
So you mean to tell me that one scene from the Transformer's movie with that coffee mug was "real" the whole time?
@@KHROMATICxKHAOS wasn’t that Eagle Eye?
Lmao yeah if you're in Hollywood XD While the technique works it doesn't nearly reach 1000 yards. Maybe a hundred, IF yer lucky.
🙄 wow.
Thanks, this has been very helpful!. God bless America. A shining example of how things should be done..
Thanks, this has been very helpful!
Do it, do it haha
20 years ago, myself and an old friend were on a self-tour of the Vatican, its museums, and contents etc. Nearing the end of our day we got a little lost and found ourselves through an open door and up a small narrow staircase (knowingly both saying " this cannot be the way towards the main route'). Finally we came to another 'unlocked' door which we went through and found ourselves on the Vatican roof looking at all of the apostles /saints statues which line it close up and looking down at the thousands of tourists in St.Peters square!. Once we realised we were obviously in a 'no go area' we quickly found our way back to the main route!. This just proves the lack of security in such important buildings and the risk if given to someone with bad intent.
wow!!!!!
A similar thing happened to me once in the u.k, I’m not going to mention the name of the building just incase but a friend and I ended up on the roof of a very prestigious building
@Karl with a K I simply can't believe rhe part about the food tasters. If the food was tainted with some poison, it wouldn't likely show up quickly. Instant poisons are rare and much more easily detectable without tasting. It would make more sense to use something slow acting.
@@deniseeulert2503bruh. All they need to do is consume it a couple minutes ahead of time. If it's slow acting, the medical team will have the tester to use as patient #1 in order to find out the symptoms and how to cure it before the POTUS even reaches that point
The Vatican isn’t what I would call a critical building. If it was destroyed tomorrow, the world would not be thrown into chaos like a world leader and seat of national government (yes I know Vatican City is a country, just not as important as a “real” country)
Very interesting. Thanks for producing this video.
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"just because you cant see something, doesnt mean you cant see it" -Top Fives: The Quote Of The Year
I caught that too. Think he meant you and it to be swapped
he meant "just because you can't see something, doesn't mean it's not there"
It’s one of the best quotes
I got a chuckle but it can work depending on what you emphasize. Like, "Just because *YOU* can't see something, doesn't mean you *CANT* see it"
JUST BECAUSE YOU CAN'T SEE SOMETHING, DOESN'T MEAN YOU CAN'T SEE IT.
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I enjoyed watching this video. It is good to know the President of the United States is so safe at all times. I don't care who likes or dislikes Trump or Biden, Bush or Obama, Politics and division be damned. When it comes to the President, nothing is more important to America than ensuring the President is safe.
I'd counter with its much more important that the American people are safe is the most important.
I'm willing to bet most people would make an exception for this administration.
There is something seriously wrong with a country that has a government that is so detested around the world and by a significant portion of its own people that it has to keep its leader inside what is basically a fortress and transport him in an armored personnel carrier disguised to look like a Cadillac.
@@thetruthisonlyperspective4872depends on the situation. It’s very important the the president is safe and alive during a global emergency such as a nuclear war because he’ll be making all the important decisions and needs to be alive to guide the country and it’s people during the end times
They served the chair not the person so protecting the POTUS is protecting America's interest.
We know one thing It's not idiot proof.
LOL..The idiot they're protecting? Car backfires. Secret Service - Is POTUS alive? Secret Service guy with him - How can I tell?
That's a good one. Thanks for the laugh🤣🤣🤣
Most honest comment right there :)
Priceless comment right there..!!!!
There is an idiot in there wearing masks in front of dogs
Amazing video im glad our presidents are kept safe
I would love to work at The White House one day.
I trust and admire the American Army, Very big up.... from Tanzania
What a scary job... the picture at 9:14 is wild Edit: also, I find it hilarious that the drone that landed on the white house property, set off the alarms, and made them re-up their security was driven by an employee at the end of his shift just playing with his new toy. My first thought was "that guy is getting fired", but keeping his job makes sense considering they found a weakness in their security thanks to that drone. Hell, I'd give him a bonus for his fuck up.
My old teacher used to work at the white house and said there's like 11 underground stories. Like 3 restaurants and some.otjer cool stuff
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I remember as a kid back in the 1960's we would take guided tours of the White House. I even have old photos of LinkedIn's bedroom.
@@corytemplar5703 lmao
@@corytemplar5703 Woot Woot, that's the sound of the grammar police
Now that is funny!
Those guard dogs are so cute and adorable
i feel like id be put on a watchlist for even watching this video
Just imagine looking at the White House with a pair of binoculars and seeing a sniper staring right at you
Lmfaoo "Yeah that's right punk just look away"
How much does the food testing job pays and how do I apply?
Guard dog are always a great choice because they will always work. And there loyal and u don't have to worry about them there always there
Dogs can be compromised. All you have to do is throw a big hunk of steak at a dog and it's instantly off line. There loyal? Where loyal?
@@sw6188 I have a dog,My best friend's can't touch, if I'm not here no one can even feed him, he is a true guard dog, even after 2 years of treats its the same he tolerates people if I say so and thas a maybe, go between a kid and him you will get bit.. trespass and you will get bit...I've been trying to get him to trust people he doesn't probably never will
Viet Nam hush puppy.
This video left me speechless.
Apparently it didn't leave you speechless you just wrote this video left you speechless
One element that should have been highlighted is the anti-vibration aspect of the windows
It is so cool wish I had all this at my house.
No you don't... Last time I checked, you can't have your privacy since the secret service is everyone with you... Even in the bathroom, but then again, you forfeit your privacy there when you bring your phone or ant smart device in there (spy agencies and hackers).
Sure
Yeah, I want a few surface to air missiles too.
@@FriedChairs hahahahhahah
Sorry but you're not worthy enough. Just rely on your local cops for your protection...😂😂😂
One thing the Secret Service sniper training program has become famous for is what they call the aspirin test, where you have to hit a Target at a designated distance and a baby aspirin is placed at dead center., if you miss the center you're off the detail, until you can re-qualify.
With the markup on drugs over there, surely hitting a bean would be a better use of taxpayer money 🤣
@@craigstoner2632 Corn kernel.
Wrong it's a piece of dust I know that for a fact because I've hit it over a thousand times an trust me it's not easy an I even did it blindfolded
Simply WOW
That's all nothing you should see what I have protectinf my camper lol
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I'm sure there will be someone trying to figure out a weakness in this situation. I pity the person who tries it through. I'm positive there are several security measures we don't even know about or have even thought about. I'm sure they have seismographs monitoring the grounds along with countermeasures for possible fires and health and wellness. Imagine being injured there, I'm sure there is a full hospital in there. Not for everyone but at least for the main body of the government.
The President has to WORRY about the Secret Service Agents themselves. Year after year we read about some of these IDIOTS getting into trouble even while they are ON DUTY. Where they find these guys is beyond me. Just happened AGAIN last week. Probably will just get demoted to another job off the Presidents detail.
The general american public doesn't seem interested in safety. They just want V8s and firearms at all costs....
@@trvman1 or the SS helping to overthrow the gov...that's alwaz a Factor 🤢🤮😠😠😠🇺🇸
Someone probably can. It would be Someone who knows the place
Getting in there will end up being done by some random dude just walking in there like he owns the place and not by some crazy mission impossible plan... Last mont I was at a big european music festival. I ended up backstage at the VIP area with all the performers and journalists... How? -I litterally just waited around the VIP entrance, and when I saw a moment of confusion at the security checkpoint I just started walking with a purpose, slid past the occupied crowd with a polite but a vit stressed "Excuse me I gotta get through here" and some orange vest stepped aside and let me through without checking anything. I never gave him an opening to stop me as I kept in motion... Walked on straight through and mingled in the crowd... And thats how I got access to a free bar and meeting some celbrities... 🤣 -Good thing I wasn't a menace or security risk! 😉
We only need a small portion of those measures to keep our southern border safe, and a even smaller portion to keep our children safe in schools.
I don't know how these clowns are still in office, you'd think they would've been thrown out long ago.
@@DHFlip18 clown is gone, nothing to worry anymore
@@americanegale697 Nope. Look at the White House. The real President is not in the WH!
Just a mile out? Those are rookie miles. You have to pump those miles up!
Very cool documentary and security, but in my opinion the White House security need more improvements and tools in different sides! Good luck.
You are right Top Fives 👍 Insane!!!!
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when the head of our goverment is protected by an army , we have lost all freedoms , thomas jefferson
Perfect Security. Yes.
My Protection Secret Service & All Police 🇺🇸
Yeah but they can’t detect a balloon 🤦🏾♂️
Apparently the Capitol security has room for improvement
Hmmm….this wasn’t about the Capitol Building it was about the White House.
@@wgold20107 my point is all the security is used on the White House
Adversaries always coming up with new threats. There will always room for improvement.
Very nice view
FBI I DIDNT SEARCH THIS UP I SWEAR
God bless America. A shining example of how things should be done.
I took a tour in 2012. I got scolded for not putting away my phone fast enough while I was walking inside for the tour. They are very strict.
You know what it is
A few people took it over with no weapons and they can't even figure out who brought cocaine in 😂. It's obviously not that secure
And,you don't think,our government doesn't do drugs???? Google it.
Used to take the metro every day. Went right past a battery of SAMs parked in a rather remote “visitors” parking lot.
and yet, a man scaled the White House fence in broad open daylight, ran to the front door which was unlocked and ran inside a good ways before he was stopped.
that is the Capitol, not the white house
@@husnearahussain9980 This was the White House. There is no "permanent" fence around the Capital.
Multiple alarms convieniently malfunctioned in order for the guy to run in, that was an inside job made to justify even more ultra expensive unnessesary security features paid for by taxpayer money
I visited the White House last week and it was rlly underwhelming. Lots of secret service in their 20s standing around talking in groups. Tiny compared to what I imagined. Homeless people protesting infront just overall nothing close to the other monuments and museums in the city.
Also the 25 yard rule is fake there were no barriers u can grab the fence even tho there are signs and no one is gonna say anything I watched 50+ people do it at the same time. That massive guard area infront on the left is patrolled by one person. On the left side they have another entrance which I watched a dog alert to a suv only for them to pass it right through after 20 seconds without inspection, they have the dogs trained to alert to every vehicle just incase they need to search lol. Rlly a weird and underwhelming experience but if ur in dc u kinda have to stop by and see it.
It's a House 1st and foremost not a Museum .
I am announcing my presidential run for 2024 after seeing this.
I remember that dude landing on the white house lawn in like a piper cub type air plane
If I were the WH I sure wouldn't talk about any of the security.
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Those fence barriers structures strong enough to withhold being plowed thru with tanks
But the Secret Service don't know who brought the cocaine in...suurrrree.
So all this security and they want to tell us they don't know who placed that cocaine they found in there? Lol!
EXACTLY!
Lol true
Now I'm curious if I'd be permitted to take a tour of the White House........
It's not that hard to do
As long as you don’t have a criminal history and aren’t affiliated with extremist groups such as the Black Panthers or Proud Boys, you should be fine
its only a matter of time before a robot mouse or bird could sneak in lol
the camera made the monument appear so close to the White House. cool camera trick
I guess Jimmy Carter is on his own, now. He's been so . . . for the last 30 years. 🤗🇺🇸
A man literally ran into the White House with a machete and was inside for about 20 mins just running around.
only in your demented mind
@@bob80q It was literally on the news.
@@bob80q You just say things that you have no idea what you're talking about.
Just because you can’t see some security systems doesn’t mean they aren’t there
minute 16:27 SS Agent with the Famous Chinese Baofeng UV-5R ....nices one
All that security and y’all couldn’t even stop some good ol boys from rushing in. LGB
How many times has security been breached 😁😂🤣😱🤣😂😁
Nothing is perfect lol. There’s always a flaw.
Thanks,
Oh, hey Infographics show
I've had all of that stuff at my house for years !!!!!
6:20 well needed since the President with the most Votes of all time doesn't know where he is.
More "Votes" than O'Bama WITHOUT ever leaving his basement. Amazing. NOT... NEXT...
Sorry potato, Biden beat a dictator wanna be, handily, and now thanks to the radical right wing SC , this country will get rid of big dump load of deplorables
A total stranger just told me about some super secret stuff at the White House. Another total stranger just told me about how the world is flat. Another showed me pics of Ninjas jumping three stories straight up. They all had great video and voice-over. Now, how many will get my point.
"..upstanding as Churchill" xDD
Just remember, this is only what they tell you. There's plenty of things that they don't tell you.
#4 Was a little ridiculous. To the best of my knowledge the President has Secret Service protection for life, not just 10 years after they leave office.
No it’s 10 years now
Actually it was 10 years from 1994-2012, and now it’s lifetime protection again
@@CallMeUbba when Clinton took office he changed the years of protection to 10 years..( except for him) when Obama took office one of the first things he did was switch it back to lifetime protection.. and for good reason..the clown will be a 🎯 for years to come
@@CallMeUbba Of Obama needs life time everything off the backs of the tax payer
@@diydiva3190 There's old conman, madman, waste of human skin Trump getting protection for life. The best protection for him would be behind the iron bars of a prison cell!
"And they worshiped the dragon who gave power unto the beast: and they worshiped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?"
How did Corey's dad get a job at White House as chef if it was this strict?
I dunno if anyone else remembers Corey in the house, but that was the jam.
@@colelangford6369 At least someone understood my joke
he impressed the Prez so much that it was felt that he was alright to hire…but notice how his troublesome daughter was never around. Corey only got allowed to remain because of who he was friends with, Prez didn’t want to upset three important people 😉
The monthly bill for this house is probably like $10M a month
employing people
I am glad Olympus will never fall
I use to maintain the heating and air conditioning at a federal judges home. He had many of these same these features installed outside on top the house and inside. I was told when servicing any thing never cut any wires Any work other then swapping out bad parts had to be submitted...approved.
So basically my drones got a better chance of being nuked than I do of knocking on the door
government: pays random youtuber to discuss why you shouldnt break into the White House as to discourage anyone from ever doing so.
But you can sneak in a bag of cocaine with out any issue...
Amen❤
Would be interesting to know how much all of this costs as well
You don't want to know,
More then we we send money to Ukraine 🇺🇦
About 14 dollars
Even though I’m late for this comment, I was thinking what a job this could be. And how hard it is, I also feel like they work more than some athletes
Keep in mind a plane crashed into the pentagon without missiles or interceptors
Good video......preez Kennedy
You lost me at infrared sensing lasers. Think about it for a minute and you'll realize how ridiculous it is
It will be difficult to pee. 😂
Boys trust me. The FBI already watching us by putting this video in front of us randomly at this time lol. They know we all thinking the same thing. FJB.
Joe Biden is 80, I don't care how much security that place has they won't be able to stop the Grim Reaper.
GOOD GENERAL ALL NEEDS
Being able to track the presidents next step is something else
Very interesting! But even more interesting is that when related to Putin, this kind of defense is interpreted as "paranoid" by antiputin world's media. :D Even his "wide walk" is interpreted as something that was learned in KGB :D
Dude at 7:45 flashing his t-shirt is probably still sitting in jail wondering where his pardon is after he stormed the Capitol.
The last time I was in the white house it was awesome
Dude had "nefarious" on his word of the day calendar today
“…there are plenty of laser systems that detect any possible airborne threats up to a mile out that alert the necessary air defense systems.” Uhm…is it just me or does the part, “up to a mile out” not only seem a little lackluster when considering most threats that are airborne measure speed in Mach’s? As in, by the time some particular threat, say a jet or missile at a mile out, wouldn’t it be to late?
There's a 30 mile zone for that centered on Reagan Airport. No faster than 200 kts. As you get closer the more restrictive it is. 10 miles out you have to be cleared and go directly to one of the Washington-3. The 3 airports within the 10 mile range. Clearance isn't guaranteed. We've had some top highly cleared individuals try to get their credentials and they had to go through the same old red tape everyone else did.
@@robertthomas5906 if you are planning on attacking the Whitehouse, I don't think you are worried about airspace speed limits. Your comment is interesting, but irrelevant.
@@robertthomas5906 the guy who stole a Huey and landed on the white house lawn didn't care about authorization or clearance. The guy who crashed the Cessna into the Whitehouse didn't get clearance.
@@hewhohasnoidentity4377 You act as if those things happened last week. The Huey was in the 1970s, the cessna when Bill Clinton was president. Decades ago. After 9/11/2001 a LOT of things changed. Including the airspace around Washington DC. It used to be pilots could fly over Washington. In fact a lot of small airports in the area used to have a Washington tour and it was amazing. Washington is a beautiful city. No more. They watch any aircraft near Washington like a hawk watching prey. Automatic alarms will sound. So if you're over the speed limit they're going to contact you and I know some guys that were in trouble for that. 200 kts is slow for some aircraft. If you don't respond they're going to start initiating intercept and shoot down procedures. Occasionally a Cessna has wandered into that airspace and they were right on them pointing live machine guns at them. They forced them to an airport and pointed a lot of guns at them. The response was as if he were public enemy #1. A cessna is really not a threat. In fact the one that hit the white house they effectively took a dust pan, scooped it in and hauled it away. I don't think it even harmed the building. It didn't even wake Bill Clinton. They had a nut ball a few years ago fly down the potomac and made it to the Capital. Again, very small aircraft. It was just enough for one man to fly. His radar signature was about the size of a flock of geese. They threw the book at him as well. They change security as times change. In WWII they had AAA mounted on government buildings. In fact one day a worker was messing with a gun on one of the buildings during lunch and it fired. The shell hit the Lincoln Memorial. After the war they were all removed. Right now I wouldn't be a bit surprised if they're ready to go 24X7. Any time, any weather, any situation.
@Karl with a K Yes, I agree. This video seemed to me like it’s just grasping at straws in attempts to infer facts to the audience, & and just maybe there’s a little truth sprinkled around, perhaps by documented facts but more likely happenstance. It’s trying to sound/seem just interesting enough to pull in the views needed for someone to make $$$.
Given the current vegetable in chief... a perimeter around the presidential napping chamber and pudding supply really is all that's necessary.
Don't forget the presidential diaper tester.
Mousetraps will do just fine, nobodys coming after Joe. Mainly because he isn’t a real president
And the presidential butt wiper.
Bruh the one thing they forgot is that someone can just launch a missile and boom destroyed
Guarded at home very vulnerable On the road
The MOST IRONY IN THIS IS THAT PRESIDENT MUST BE PROTECTED,BUT NOT COUNTRY OR BORDER!!!