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 The Department of State's [[Diplomatic Security Service]] was formally established in 1916 under Secretary of State [[Robert Lansing]]. The office was headed by a chief special agent, who also carried the title of special assistant to the secretary and reported directly to the secretary on special matters.
-A handful of agents worked out of two locations, [[Washington, D.C.]], and [[New York City]], operating on confidential funds from the secretary's office. They conducted sensitive investigations, especially on the operations of foreign agents and their activities in the United States. The Diplomatic Security Service was known as the [[Bureau of Secret Intelligence]] at its inception in 1916.<ref>Allen Dulles by James Srodes, page 83</ref><ref>The Armies of Ignorance: The Rise of the American Intelligence Empire by William R. Corson, 1977; page 74</ref><ref>Washington Post, Sept 7, 2004, State's Security Bureau Takes on Expanded Role, Robin Wright</ref> The Bureau of Secret Intelligence was also known as '''U-1''', an off-the-books adjunct to the Division of Information.<ref>2002 Relentless Pursuit: The DSS and the Manhunt for the Al-Qaeda Terrorists, Samuel M. Katz.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://2009-2017.state.gov/m/ds/rls/c31108.htm |title=U.S. Department of State DS Pictorial History Photo 5 of 192 - 1916: U.S. Secretary of State Robert Lansing creates an informal "Secret Intelligence Bureau" to examine information of a secret nature received from other U.S. agencies and from allied intelligence agents, and to oversee surveillance of the German embassy in Washington, DC. The office is never a formal Department bureau but only a few "special agents" located within the Office of the Counselor. Lansing also proposes an inter-agency "secret service" to be centered in the Department of State, but the White House fails to act on the suggestion. In 1917, he hires the first Chief Special Agent, Joseph M. Nye. These initiatives come in response to German and Austrian acts of fraud, propaganda, sabotage, and espionage in the United States during the First World War. (Source: Library of Congress, National Photo Company Collection) |publisher=State.gov |access-date=2012-12-30}}</ref> Before the United States entered World War I, German and Austrian spies were conducting operations in New York City. The spies were using forged or stolen identity papers. President Woodrow Wilson authorized the Secretary of State to establish a security arm of the Department of State. Three agents were recruited from the [[United States Secret Service]] because of their experience with counterfeit documents. Since the [[United States Postal Inspection Service|U.S. Postal Inspection Service (USPIS)]] had the best laboratory, the director of the new agency was recruited there.
+A handful of agents worked out of two locations, [[Washington, D.C.]], and New York City, operating on confidential funds from the secretary's office. They conducted sensitive investigations, especially on the operations of foreign agents and their activities in the United States. The Diplomatic Security Service was known as the [[Bureau of Secret Intelligence]] at its inception in 1916.<ref>Allen Dulles by James Srodes, page 83</ref><ref>The Armies of Ignorance: The Rise of the American Intelligence Empire by William R. Corson, 1977; page 74</ref><ref>Washington Post, Sept 7, 2004, State's Security Bureau Takes on Expanded Role, Robin Wright</ref> The Bureau of Secret Intelligence was also known as '''U-1''', an off-the-books adjunct to the Division of Information.<ref>2002 Relentless Pursuit: The DSS and the Manhunt for the Al-Qaeda Terrorists, Samuel M. Katz.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://2009-2017.state.gov/m/ds/rls/c31108.htm |title=U.S. Department of State DS Pictorial History Photo 5 of 192 - 1916: U.S. Secretary of State Robert Lansing creates an informal "Secret Intelligence Bureau" to examine information of a secret nature received from other U.S. agencies and from allied intelligence agents, and to oversee surveillance of the German embassy in Washington, DC. The office is never a formal Department bureau but only a few "special agents" located within the Office of the Counselor. Lansing also proposes an inter-agency "secret service" to be centered in the Department of State, but the White House fails to act on the suggestion. In 1917, he hires the first Chief Special Agent, Joseph M. Nye. These initiatives come in response to German and Austrian acts of fraud, propaganda, sabotage, and espionage in the United States during the First World War. (Source: Library of Congress, National Photo Company Collection) |publisher=State.gov |access-date=2012-12-30}}</ref> Before the United States entered World War I, German and Austrian spies were conducting operations in New York City. The spies were using forged or stolen identity papers. President Woodrow Wilson authorized the Secretary of State to establish a security arm of the Department of State. Three agents were recruited from the [[United States Secret Service]] because of their experience with counterfeit documents. Since the [[United States Postal Inspection Service|U.S. Postal Inspection Service (USPIS)]] had the best laboratory, the director of the new agency was recruited there.
 The assumption is that the name "Office of the Chief Special Agent", which was sometimes used in 1916, and to this day by various information portals to include the Department of State's website, to downplay the bureau's original mission.