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The United
States Secret Service is a federal law enforcement agency with
headquarters in Washington, D.C., and more than 150 offices throughout
the United States and abroad. The Secret Service was established in
1865, solely to suppress the counterfeiting of U.S. currency. Today, the
agency is mandated by Congress to carry out dual missions: protection of
national and visiting foreign leaders, and criminal investigations. It
was originally created to combat the
counterfeiting of U.S. currency - a
serious problem at the time. In fact, following the Civil War, it was
estimated that one-third to one-half of the currency in circulation was
counterfeit.
In 1901, following the assassination of President William McKinley in
Buffalo, New York, the Secret Service was first tasked with its second
mission: the protection of the president. Today, the Secret Service's
mission is two-fold: protection of the
president, vice president and
others; and investigations into crimes against the financial
infrastructure of the United States.
The Secret
Service is authorized to protect:
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The
president, the vice president, (or other individuals next in order
of succession to the Office of the President), the president-elect
and vice president-elect
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The
immediate families of the above individuals
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Former
presidents, their spouses, except when the spouse re-marries
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Children of former presidents until age 16
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Visiting heads of foreign states or governments and their spouses
traveling with them, other distinguished foreign visitors to the
United States, and official representatives of the United States
performing special missions abroad
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Major
presidential and vice presidential candidates, and their spouses
within 120 days of a general presidential election
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Other
individuals as designated per Executive Order of the President and
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National Special Security Events, when designated as such by the
Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security
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United States Secret Service |
The United States Secret
Service protects our nation's leaders, visiting world leaders, national
special security events |
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U.S. Intelligence |
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Books on the United States Secret Service |
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Book Description - From the
author of The Wizards of Langley, this definitive survey of the
US
intelligence community, covering its history, organizations, operations,
and management in detail, is now fully updated with new material on
homeland security, intelligence sharing, POW and detainee interrogation,
and national intelligence organizations. The role of intelligence in US
government operations has changed dramatically and is now more critical
than ever to domestic security and foreign policy. This authoritative
and highly researched book provides a detailed overview of America's
vast intelligence empire--its organizations, its operations (from spies
on the ground to satellites thousands of miles in space), and its
management structure. Relying on a multitude of sources, including
hundreds of official documents, author Jeffrey Richelson provides an
up-to-date picture of the US intelligence community that will allow
readers to understand the full scope of organizations and activities and
will give valuable support to policymakers and military operations.
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Product Description - This new
edition of the definitive history of the Secret Service lays bare the
2004 Bush campaign’s political uses of the agency and the new challenges
it faces as a branch of the Homeland Security Department, in a post-9/11
world. Acclaimed scholar of political violence and governmental secrecy
Philip Melanson explores the long-hidden workings of the Secret Service
since its inception in 1865 and through rigorous research and extensive
interviews with former White House staffers and retired agents, uncovers
startling facts about the Agency’s role in such traumatic national
events as the assassination of JFK and the shooting of President Reagan.
Included, too, are revelations about presidential demands on the agency;
the problems of alcoholism, divorce, and burnout among agents; and the
Service’s inexplicable failure to develop profiles of potential
assassins. Up-to-date and explosive, this book assails the public image
of the Secret Service as a highly professional apolitical organization,
exposing the often-detrimental influence that politics exerts on the
Agency. |
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From Publishers Weekly - In
this impressive survey, British historian Andrew (Her Majesty's Secret
Service) assesses the extent to which U.S. secret intelligence has been
influenced by the personalities and policies of our presidents. Although
George Washington and Woodrow Wilson made good use of secret
intelligence, the author shows there was no official American
intelligence community until WWII, when Franklin D. Roosevelt relied
more attentively on intelligence collection and analysis than any
previous president. But, Andrew notes, only Dwight Eisenhower, John F.
Kennedy and George Bush showed a flair for using intelligence.
Eisehower's wartime command experience exploiting covert resources
served him well when he became chief executive; JFK presided over the
most spectacular intelligence success of the Cold War, the Cuban missile
crisis (the author, however, faults Kennedy for poor judgment in the Bay
of Pigs invasion). As for George Bush, the first former CIA director
elected to the White House, Andrew demonstrates that he had a better
grasp of intelligence capabilities than any of his predecessors.
Andrew's interpretations are often striking: "The most powerful
government ever to fall as a result of covert action was the
administration of Richard Nixon." Photos.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. |
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Book Description - The
Secret Service was established after the Civil War by the Treasury
Department, originally to protect American currency against
counterfeiters. After the assassination of President William McKinley in
1901, Congress directed the Secret Service to protect the President of
the United States. Protection remains the primary mission of the United
States Secret Service. It takes a special type of individual to be a U.S.
Secret Service agent, one willing to take a bullet to preserve the
ideals on which the United States was founded. To Be a U.S. Secret
Service Agent lifts the curtain for a look inside this secretive law
enforcement agency, including the highly selective recruiting, the
intense training, and the specialized weapons and equipment used to
protect current and past Presidents, Vice Presidents, their families,
and visiting heads of state. |
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