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Protective Operations
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Protective Operations

by Glenn McGovern
March 2011
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
204 pages
6h 29m
English
CRC Press
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INTRODUCTION
If anything, overestimate the opposition. Certainly never under-
estimate it. But do not let that lead to nervousness or lack of con-
dence. Don’t get rattled, and know that with hard work, calmness,
and by never irrevocably compromising yourself, you can always,
always best them.
Allen Dulles
Director, CIA (1953–1961)
In researching over 1000 targeted attacks that have occurred over the past
60 years, I found that in only 305 of the attacks was a protective detail of
some conguration present.
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In the vast majority of those, the protective
detail was constituted by police ofcers. During that same time period, 87
police ofcers have been specically targeted by hostile organizations. All
told, of the 1000-plus attacks, the ad ...
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