Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/covering-jfk-how-presidential-security-has-changed Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Story President Barack Obama travels in a heavily armored Chevrolet Cadillac, dubbed the Beast, specially designed to protect the head of state and has a Secret Service made up of 3,200 special agents and 1,300 uniformed officers. But PBS NewsHour co-founder Robert MacNeil remembers the 1960s when it was not nearly as difficult to get close to the commander-in-chief. Watch Watch the Full Episode PBS NewsHour from Nov 20, 2013