Alex Carson
Did you know that Richard Nixon is the only American president who declined Secret Service protection after leaving the White House? Did you know that his decision followed a formal study of his security needs and a hand-delivered note to Treasury Secretary James A. Baker?
▬Contents of this video▬
00:00 – Intro
01:17 – Resignation, Pardon, and Immediate Aftermath
03:41 – Convalescence, Debt, and the First Steps Back
05:48 – From San Clemente to a New Routine and a Wider World
07:51 – Protection Policy, Nixon’s Break with Tradition, and Its Presentation
10:08 – How the Private Model Worked and Why It Fit Nixon’s Life
11:21 – Outro
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This video tells the complete story behind Nixon’s singular move. We begin with his resignation on August 9, 1974, and President Gerald Ford’s effort to steady the nation. We discuss the September 8 pardon in which Ford granted “a full, free, and absolute pardon unto Richard Nixon” for offenses during his presidency, and we follow Nixon through illness, legal bills, and the financial steps he took to regain stability. We trace his gradual reentry into public life, his trips abroad, and the steady stream of books and speeches that rebuilt his reputation as a foreign policy thinker.
Then we turn to the protection question. You will learn how the 1965 law required only the sitting President and Vice President to accept Secret Service protection, which left former presidents with a choice, and how Nixon used that choice to chart a new path. We include the estimated costs, the presence of a command post at his Saddle River home that he maintained at his own expense, and the transitional plan that kept him protected while he hired private guards. We close by placing the decision alongside Nixon’s broader habit of building private structures, from his library foundation to his post-presidential schedule, to show why he alone gave up Secret Service protection.
Why Nixon Was the ONLY President to Give Up Secret Service Protection
