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Command Brief / CB-279

When hostility becomes targeting: assess the actor, not just the words

Watch the Conduct, Not Just the Words

The intelligence

Threat caseloads against American officials and their families reached record levels in 2025 and kept rising in 2026, pushing protective teams toward triage by message. This brief asks what that approach misses, drawing on research into people who attacked or approached public figures, and how to assess the actor, the behavior, the access and the context instead. Built from Secret Service research, federal case data and current caseload figures. For security leads running threat intake.

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Executive ProtectionThreat Doctrine