After Action: True Stories of the Diplomatic Security Service
Diplomatic Security Service
5.0from 61 ratings
- 27
- Episodes
- 6
- Transcribed
- 61
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2023
- First episode
About After Action: True Stories of the Diplomatic Security Service
From the law enforcement and security organization you’ve never heard of comes a podcast revealing some of the greatest stories in America’s history. Hear from special agents, engineers, technicians, and others who belong to the Diplomatic Security Service as they give Americans insight into what really happened. From the terrorist bombings in East Africa to discovering bugs buried in U.S. embassy walls to dismantling a major sex trafficking network in New York City, listen along as we peel back the DSS curtain.
- Publisher
- Diplomatic Security Service
- Category
- true crime
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 4 Apr 2023
- Latest episode
- 11 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
6 of 27 episodes have a transcript.
11 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
First-Hand Accounts from Ground Zero
18 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT
From Kampala to Bogota: Adoption Fraud, Child Exploitation & Transnational Crime
8 Jul 2026TRANSCRIPT
Global Manhunt: How DSS Helped Capture Kaitlin Armstrong, Pt. 2
Inside a recent episode
First-Hand Accounts from Ground Zero
Published 11 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] In addition, every federal law enforcement agency used repeaters that were on the tower on the World Trade Center. But diplomatic security for UNGA creates their own repeater and their own separate network. When those towers fell, they took out almost every single federal law enforcement motor vehicle, the entire federal law enforcement radio network except for DS and other agencies, weapons, radio equipment, you name it, it was destroyed. So, you know, two hours after that first plane hits, Diplomatic Security is the only federal agency with a working radio network And over a hundred vehicles ready to go with agents ready to staff them. […]
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Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.
- Ken Velez
- Ed Simpson
- Jose Araya
- retired Diplomatic Security Service Special Agent
- Robert Booth
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 5.0 / 5
- 44 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 17 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 39 / 100
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- Quality
- 48
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 77
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