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{{Organization | |||
|OrganizationName=Secret Service | |||
|OrganizationType=Executive Departments (Sub-organization) | |||
|Mission=The Secret Service is responsible for protecting the nation's leaders, safeguarding the financial and critical infrastructure of the United States, and combating crimes involving financial systems and electronic crimes. | |||
|ParentOrganization=Department of Homeland Security | |||
|TopOrganization=Department of Homeland Security | |||
|CreationLegislation=Act of Congress on July 5, 1865 | |||
|Employees=7000 | |||
|Budget=$2.5 billion (Fiscal Year 2023) | |||
|OrganizationExecutive=Director of the United States Secret Service | |||
|Services=Protection of national leaders; Financial and cybercrime investigations; Protection of visiting foreign heads of state | |||
|HeadquartersLocation=38.89417, -77.02758 | |||
|HeadquartersAddress=950 H Street NW, Washington, DC 20223, USA | |||
|Website=https://www.secretservice.gov | |||
}} | |||
{{Short description|U.S. federal law enforcement agency}} | {{Short description|U.S. federal law enforcement agency}} | ||
The '''United States Secret Service''' ('''USSS''' or '''Secret Service''') is a [[Federal law enforcement in the United States|federal law enforcement]] agency under the [[United States Department of Homeland Security|Department of Homeland Security]] tasked with conducting criminal investigations and providing protection to U.S. political leaders, their families, and visiting heads of state or government.<ref name="crs report">{{cite web |url=https://fas.org/sgp/crs/homesec/RL34603.pdf |title=The U.S. Secret Service: An Examination and Analysis of Its Evolving Missions|last=Resse |first=Shawn|date=April 16, 2012|access-date=April 18, 2012|publisher=[[Congressional Research Service]]|archive-date=April 18, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120418201206/http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/homesec/RL34603.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> The Secret Service was, [[United States Department of the Treasury#2003 reorganization|until 2003]], part of the [[United States Department of the Treasury|Department of the Treasury]], due to their initial mandate of combating [[Counterfeit United States currency|counterfeiting of U.S. currency]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cnn.com/2016/04/18/us/secret-service-fast-facts/index.html |date=May 3, 2019 |title=Secret Service Fast Facts |publisher=CNN |access-date=June 3, 2019 |archive-date=May 31, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190531070231/https://www.cnn.com/2016/04/18/us/secret-service-fast-facts/index.html |url-status=live}}</ref> The agency has protected U.S. presidents and presidential candidates since 1901.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/webstories/feature/secret-service-all-about-us-elite-force-20543|title=SECRET SERVICE: ALL ABOUT US ELITE FORCE |website=[[NDTV]]}}</ref> | The '''United States Secret Service''' ('''USSS''' or '''Secret Service''') is a [[Federal law enforcement in the United States|federal law enforcement]] agency under the [[United States Department of Homeland Security|Department of Homeland Security]] tasked with conducting criminal investigations and providing protection to U.S. political leaders, their families, and visiting heads of state or government.<ref name="crs report">{{cite web |url=https://fas.org/sgp/crs/homesec/RL34603.pdf |title=The U.S. Secret Service: An Examination and Analysis of Its Evolving Missions|last=Resse |first=Shawn|date=April 16, 2012|access-date=April 18, 2012|publisher=[[Congressional Research Service]]|archive-date=April 18, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120418201206/http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/homesec/RL34603.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> The Secret Service was, [[United States Department of the Treasury#2003 reorganization|until 2003]], part of the [[United States Department of the Treasury|Department of the Treasury]], due to their initial mandate of combating [[Counterfeit United States currency|counterfeiting of U.S. currency]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cnn.com/2016/04/18/us/secret-service-fast-facts/index.html |date=May 3, 2019 |title=Secret Service Fast Facts |publisher=CNN |access-date=June 3, 2019 |archive-date=May 31, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190531070231/https://www.cnn.com/2016/04/18/us/secret-service-fast-facts/index.html |url-status=live}}</ref> The agency has protected U.S. presidents and presidential candidates since 1901.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/webstories/feature/secret-service-all-about-us-elite-force-20543|title=SECRET SERVICE: ALL ABOUT US ELITE FORCE |website=[[NDTV]]}}</ref> | ||
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The Secret Service is tasked with safeguarding the payment and [[financial system]]s of the [[United States]] from a wide range of financial and cyber-based crimes. Financial investigations include counterfeit U.S. currency, bank and financial institution fraud, mail fraud, wire fraud, illicit financing operations, and major conspiracies. Cyber investigations include [[cybercrime]], network intrusions, [[identity theft]], access device fraud, credit card fraud, and intellectual property crimes. The Secret Service is also a member of the [[FBI]]'s [[Joint Terrorism Task Force]] (JTTF) which investigates and combats terrorism on a national and international scale. Also, the Secret Service investigates missing and exploited children and is a partner of the [[National Center for Missing & Exploited Children]] (NCMEC).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.secretservice.gov/investigation/|title=United States Secret Service: Investigative Mission|publisher=Secretservice.gov|access-date=September 20, 2017|archive-date=September 16, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170916015010/https://www.secretservice.gov/investigation/|url-status=live}} {{PD-notice}}</ref> | The Secret Service is tasked with safeguarding the payment and [[financial system]]s of the [[United States]] from a wide range of financial and cyber-based crimes. Financial investigations include counterfeit U.S. currency, bank and financial institution fraud, mail fraud, wire fraud, illicit financing operations, and major conspiracies. Cyber investigations include [[cybercrime]], network intrusions, [[identity theft]], access device fraud, credit card fraud, and intellectual property crimes. The Secret Service is also a member of the [[FBI]]'s [[Joint Terrorism Task Force]] (JTTF) which investigates and combats terrorism on a national and international scale. Also, the Secret Service investigates missing and exploited children and is a partner of the [[National Center for Missing & Exploited Children]] (NCMEC).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.secretservice.gov/investigation/|title=United States Secret Service: Investigative Mission|publisher=Secretservice.gov|access-date=September 20, 2017|archive-date=September 16, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170916015010/https://www.secretservice.gov/investigation/|url-status=live}} {{PD-notice}}</ref> | ||
The Secret Service's initial responsibility was to investigate the counterfeiting of U.S. currency, which was rampant following the | The Secret Service's initial responsibility was to investigate the counterfeiting of U.S. currency, which was rampant following the American Civil War. The agency then evolved into the [[United States]]' first domestic intelligence and [[counterintelligence]] agency. Many of the agency's missions were later taken over by subsequent agencies such as the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] (FBI), [[Central Intelligence Agency]] (CIA), [[Drug Enforcement Administration]] (DEA), [[Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives]] (ATF), and [[IRS Criminal Investigation Division]] (IRS-CI). | ||
The Secret Service is also tasked with investigating reports of the existence of specimens of the extremely rare [[1933 double eagle]] gold coin, as only a single example of the fourteen known survivors from this mintage year is authorized to be owned or sold.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2012-03-02 |title=1933 Double Eagle coin on display at Goldsmiths' Hall |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-17230477 |access-date=2023-11-07}}</ref> | The Secret Service is also tasked with investigating reports of the existence of specimens of the extremely rare [[1933 double eagle]] gold coin, as only a single example of the fourteen known survivors from this mintage year is authorized to be owned or sold.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2012-03-02 |title=1933 Double Eagle coin on display at Goldsmiths' Hall |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-17230477 |access-date=2023-11-07}}</ref> | ||
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[[File:Logo of the United States Secret Service.svg|180px|left|thumb| Logo of the United States Secret Service]] | [[File:Logo of the United States Secret Service.svg|180px|left|thumb| Logo of the United States Secret Service]] | ||
Following the Civil War, counterfeiting of U.S. currency was a problem.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mihalek |first1=Donald J. |title=How the investigation into Trump's attempted assassination may play out: ANALYSIS |url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/investigation-trumps-attempted-assassination-play-analysis/story?id=112221550 |access-date=24 July 2024 |work=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] |date=24 July 2024 |language=en}}</ref> | Following the Civil War, counterfeiting of U.S. currency was a problem.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mihalek |first1=Donald J. |title=How the investigation into Trump's attempted assassination may play out: ANALYSIS |url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/investigation-trumps-attempted-assassination-play-analysis/story?id=112221550 |access-date=24 July 2024 |work=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] |date=24 July 2024 |language=en}}</ref> Abraham Lincoln established a commission to make recommendations to remedy the problem. According to writer Joshua D Glawson, the day that Abraham Lincoln signed the approval of starting the Secret Service, Lincoln was shot.<ref>{{cite news |title=America’s Fiat Money Gestapo: The Untold History of the Secret Service |last=Glawson |first=Joshua D |url=https://www.moneymetals.com/news/2024/01/05/americas-fiat-money-gestapo-the-untold-history-of-the-secret-service-002915}}</ref> The Secret Service was later established on July 5, 1865, in [[Washington, D.C.]]{{Citation needed|date=July 2024}} Chief [[William P. Wood]] was sworn in by [[United States Secretary of the Treasury|Secretary of the Treasury]] [[Hugh McCulloch]]. It was commissioned in [[Washington, D.C.]] as the "Secret Service Division" of the Department of the Treasury with the mission of suppressing counterfeiting. At the time, the only other federal law enforcement agencies were the [[United States Customs Service]], the [[United States Park Police]], the [[United States Postal Service|U.S. Post Office Department]]'s Office of Instructions and Mail Depredations (now known as the [[United States Postal Inspection Service]]), and the [[United States Marshals Service]]. | ||
===20th century=== | ===20th century=== | ||
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====1950s==== | ====1950s==== | ||
In 1950, President | In 1950, President Harry S. Truman was residing in [[Blair House]] while the White House, across the street, was undergoing renovations. On November 1, 1950, two [[Puerto Rico|Puerto Rican]] nationalists, [[Oscar Collazo]] and [[Griselio Torresola]], approached Blair House with the intent to [[Truman assassination attempt|assassinate President Truman]]. Collazo and Torresola opened fire on Private [[Leslie Coffelt]] and other White House Police officers. Though mortally wounded by three shots from a [[9×19mm Parabellum|9 mm]] German [[Luger P08 pistol|Luger]] to his chest and abdomen, Private Coffelt returned fire, killing Torresola with a single shot to his head. Collazo was also shot, but survived his injuries and served 29 years in prison before returning to Puerto Rico in late 1979.{{Citation needed|date=September 2018}} Coffelt is the only member of the Secret Service killed while protecting a US president against an assassination attempt (Special Agent [[Tim McCarthy]] stepped in front of President [[Ronald Reagan]] during the [[Reagan assassination attempt|assassination attempt]] of March 30, 1981, and took a bullet to the chest but made a full recovery<ref> | ||
"Chief of Police". Village of Orland Park. Retrieved February 27, 2021</ref>). | "Chief of Police". Village of Orland Park. Retrieved February 27, 2021</ref>). | ||
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===2000s=== | ===2000s=== | ||
==== September 11 attacks ==== | ==== September 11 attacks ==== | ||
The New York City Field office was located at [[7 World Trade Center (1987–2001)|7 World Trade Center]]. Immediately after the [[World Trade Center (1973–2001)|World Trade Center]] was attacked as part of the | The New York City Field office was located at [[7 World Trade Center (1987–2001)|7 World Trade Center]]. Immediately after the [[World Trade Center (1973–2001)|World Trade Center]] was attacked as part of the September 11 attacks, Special Agents and other New York Field office employees were among the first to respond with first aid. Sixty-seven Special Agents in New York City, at and near the New York Field Office, helped to set up [[triage]] areas and evacuate the towers. One Secret Service employee, Master Special Officer Craig Miller,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.odmp.org/officer/15843-master-special-officer-craig-j-miller |title=Master Special Officer Craig J. Miller |website=ODMP.org |publisher=The Officer Down Memorial Page, Inc. |access-date=August 12, 2013 |archive-date=November 5, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105013706/http://www.odmp.org/officer/15843-master-special-officer-craig-j-miller |url-status=dead }}</ref> died during the rescue efforts. On August 20, 2002, Director [[Brian L. Stafford]] awarded the Director's Valor Award to employees who assisted in the rescue attempts.<ref name=Kessler>{{cite book|title=In the President's Secret Service: Behind the Scenes with Agents in the Line of Fire and the Presidents They Protect|year=2009|publisher=Crown Publishing Group|last=Kessler|first=Ronald|isbn=9780307461353|url=https://archive.org/details/inpresidentssecr00kess|url-access=registration}}</ref> | ||
==== Domestic expansion ==== | ==== Domestic expansion ==== | ||
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Effective March 1, 2003, the Secret Service transferred from the Treasury to the newly established Department of Homeland Security.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.secretservice.gov/about/history/events/#carousel|title=History|website=secretservice.gov|access-date=January 27, 2019|archive-date=June 27, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170627204241/https://www.secretservice.gov/about/history/events/#carousel|url-status=live}}</ref> | Effective March 1, 2003, the Secret Service transferred from the Treasury to the newly established Department of Homeland Security.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.secretservice.gov/about/history/events/#carousel|title=History|website=secretservice.gov|access-date=January 27, 2019|archive-date=June 27, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170627204241/https://www.secretservice.gov/about/history/events/#carousel|url-status=live}}</ref> | ||
The [[USA Patriot Act]], signed into law by President | The [[USA Patriot Act]], signed into law by President George W. Bush on October 26, 2001, mandated the Secret Service to establish a nationwide network of ECTFs in addition to the one already active in New York. As such, this mandate expanded on the agency's first ECTF—the New York Electronic Crimes Task Force, formed in 1995—which brought together federal, state and local law enforcement, prosecutors, private-industry companies, and academia. These bodies collectively provide necessary support and resources to field investigations that meet any one of the following criteria: significant economic or community impact; participation of organized criminal groups involving multiple districts or transnational organizations; or use of schemes involving new technology.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.secretservice.gov/ectf.shtml|title=United States Secret Service: Electronic Crimes Task Forces and Working Groups |publisher=Secretservice.gov|date=October 26, 2001|access-date=August 9, 2012|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120806094838/http://www.secretservice.gov/ectf.shtml|archive-date=August 6, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.secretservice.gov/ectf_about.shtml|title=About the U.S. Secret Service Electronic Crimes Task Forces|publisher=Secretservice.gov|access-date=August 9, 2012|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120818184516/http://www.secretservice.gov/ectf_about.shtml|archive-date=August 18, 2012}}</ref> | ||
The network prioritizes investigations that meet the following criteria: | The network prioritizes investigations that meet the following criteria: | ||
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==== International expansion ==== | ==== International expansion ==== | ||
[[File:Secret Service Cyber Intelligence Center (CIS).jpg|thumb|right|Secret Service Cyber Intelligence Center (CIS)]] | [[File:Secret Service Cyber Intelligence Center (CIS).jpg|thumb|right|Secret Service Cyber Intelligence Center (CIS)]] | ||
On July 6, 2009, the U.S. Secret Service expanded its fight on [[cybercrime]] by creating the first [[European Electronic Crime Task Force]], based on the successful U.S. domestic model, through a memorandum of understanding with Italian police and postal officials. Over a year later, on August 9, 2010, the agency expanded its European involvement by creating its second overseas ECTF in the | On July 6, 2009, the U.S. Secret Service expanded its fight on [[cybercrime]] by creating the first [[European Electronic Crime Task Force]], based on the successful U.S. domestic model, through a memorandum of understanding with Italian police and postal officials. Over a year later, on August 9, 2010, the agency expanded its European involvement by creating its second overseas ECTF in the United Kingdom.<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.secretservice.gov/press/GPA05-09_EuropeanECTF.pdf|title=United States Secret Service Signs Partnership Agreement With Italian Officials Establishing the First European Electronic Crimes Task Force |date=July 6, 2009|access-date=August 9, 2012|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120915122628/http://www.secretservice.gov/press/GPA05-09_EuropeanECTF.pdf |archive-date=September 15, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.secretservice.gov/press/GPA06-10_LondonECTF.pdf|title=United States Secret Service Signs Partnership Agreement With United Kingdom Officials Establishing the Second European Electronic Crimes Task Force|date=August 9, 2010|access-date=August 9, 2012|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120915122400/http://www.secretservice.gov/press/GPA06-10_LondonECTF.pdf |archive-date=September 15, 2012}}</ref> | ||
Both task forces are said to concentrate on a wide range of "computer-based criminal activity," including: | Both task forces are said to concentrate on a wide range of "computer-based criminal activity," including: | ||
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====2010s==== | ====2010s==== | ||
In September 2014, the United States Secret Service came under criticism following two high-profile incidents involving intruders at the White House. [[2014 White House intrusion|One such intruder entered the East Room]] of the White House through an unlocked door.<ref name="intruders">{{cite news|url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/secret-service-chief-acknowledges-white-house-intruder-entered-east-room-used-unlocked-door|title=House intruder entered East Room, used unlocked door|first=Ed|last=Henry|publisher=[[FOX News]], | In September 2014, the United States Secret Service came under criticism following two high-profile incidents involving intruders at the White House. [[2014 White House intrusion|One such intruder entered the East Room]] of the White House through an unlocked door.<ref name="intruders">{{cite news|url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/secret-service-chief-acknowledges-white-house-intruder-entered-east-room-used-unlocked-door|title=House intruder entered East Room, used unlocked door|first=Ed|last=Henry|publisher=[[FOX News]], Associated Press|date=September 30, 2014|access-date=September 30, 2014|archive-date=September 30, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140930150222/http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/09/30/issa-accuses-secret-service-giving-false-account-white-house-breach/|url-status=live}}</ref> | ||
====2020s==== | ====2020s==== | ||
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Since the 1960s, presidents [[John F. Kennedy]] (killed), [[Gerald Ford]] (twice attacked, but uninjured) and [[Ronald Reagan]] (seriously wounded) have been attacked while appearing in public.<ref>{{cite web|first=Elaine |last=Quijano |url=http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/05/10/bush.georgia/index.html|title=Secret Service told grenade landed near Bush|publisher=CNN.com |date=May 10, 2005|access-date=August 9, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Chilcote|url=http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/01/11/georgia.grenade/index.html|title=Bush grenade attacker gets life|publisher=CNN|date=January 11, 2006|access-date=January 3, 2007|archive-date=July 4, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080704105908/http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/01/11/georgia.grenade/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Agents on scene, though not injured, during attacks on presidents include [[William Greer]] and [[Roy Kellerman]]. One of the agents was [[Robert DeProspero]], the Special Agent In Charge (SAIC) of Reagan's Presidential Protective Division (PPD) from January 1982 to April 1985. DeProspero was deputy to [[Jerry Parr]], the SAIC of PPD during the Reagan assassination attempt on March 30, 1981.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Petro|first1=Joseph|first2=Jeffrey|last2=Robinson|author2-link=Jeffrey Robinson|title=Standing Next to History, An Agent's Life Inside the Secret Service|publisher=St. Martin's Press|location=New York|year=2005|pages=[https://archive.org/details/standingnexttohi00petr/page/140 140–141 & 202–204]|isbn=978-0-312-33221-1|url=https://archive.org/details/standingnexttohi00petr/page/140}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://alumni.wvu.edu/awards/academy/1995/robert_deprospero/ |title=Robert L. DeProspero |year=2005 |website=WVUAlumni |publisher=West Virginia University Alumni Association |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013212453/http://alumni.wvu.edu/awards/academy/1995/robert_deprospero/ |archive-date=October 13, 2007 |access-date=August 12, 2013}}</ref> | Since the 1960s, presidents [[John F. Kennedy]] (killed), [[Gerald Ford]] (twice attacked, but uninjured) and [[Ronald Reagan]] (seriously wounded) have been attacked while appearing in public.<ref>{{cite web|first=Elaine |last=Quijano |url=http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/05/10/bush.georgia/index.html|title=Secret Service told grenade landed near Bush|publisher=CNN.com |date=May 10, 2005|access-date=August 9, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Chilcote|url=http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/01/11/georgia.grenade/index.html|title=Bush grenade attacker gets life|publisher=CNN|date=January 11, 2006|access-date=January 3, 2007|archive-date=July 4, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080704105908/http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/01/11/georgia.grenade/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Agents on scene, though not injured, during attacks on presidents include [[William Greer]] and [[Roy Kellerman]]. One of the agents was [[Robert DeProspero]], the Special Agent In Charge (SAIC) of Reagan's Presidential Protective Division (PPD) from January 1982 to April 1985. DeProspero was deputy to [[Jerry Parr]], the SAIC of PPD during the Reagan assassination attempt on March 30, 1981.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Petro|first1=Joseph|first2=Jeffrey|last2=Robinson|author2-link=Jeffrey Robinson|title=Standing Next to History, An Agent's Life Inside the Secret Service|publisher=St. Martin's Press|location=New York|year=2005|pages=[https://archive.org/details/standingnexttohi00petr/page/140 140–141 & 202–204]|isbn=978-0-312-33221-1|url=https://archive.org/details/standingnexttohi00petr/page/140}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://alumni.wvu.edu/awards/academy/1995/robert_deprospero/ |title=Robert L. DeProspero |year=2005 |website=WVUAlumni |publisher=West Virginia University Alumni Association |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013212453/http://alumni.wvu.edu/awards/academy/1995/robert_deprospero/ |archive-date=October 13, 2007 |access-date=August 12, 2013}}</ref> | ||
[[File:President George W. Bush greets troops guarded by Secret Service.jpg|thumb|left|Secret Service agents guard President | [[File:President George W. Bush greets troops guarded by Secret Service.jpg|thumb|left|Secret Service agents guard President George W. Bush in 2008]] | ||
The [[Assassination of John F. Kennedy|Kennedy assassination]] spotlighted the bravery of two Secret Service agents. First, an agent protecting Mrs. Kennedy, [[Clint Hill (Secret Service)|Clint Hill]], was riding in the car directly behind the presidential limousine when the attack began. While the shooting continued, Hill leaped from the running board of the car he was riding on and jumped onto the back of the president's moving car and guided Mrs. Kennedy from the trunk back into the rear seat of the car. He then shielded the president and the first lady with his body until the car arrived at the hospital. | The [[Assassination of John F. Kennedy|Kennedy assassination]] spotlighted the bravery of two Secret Service agents. First, an agent protecting Mrs. Kennedy, [[Clint Hill (Secret Service)|Clint Hill]], was riding in the car directly behind the presidential limousine when the attack began. While the shooting continued, Hill leaped from the running board of the car he was riding on and jumped onto the back of the president's moving car and guided Mrs. Kennedy from the trunk back into the rear seat of the car. He then shielded the president and the first lady with his body until the car arrived at the hospital. | ||
[[Rufus Youngblood]] was riding in the vice-presidential car. When the shots were fired, he vaulted over the front seat and threw his body over Vice President | [[Rufus Youngblood]] was riding in the vice-presidential car. When the shots were fired, he vaulted over the front seat and threw his body over Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson.<ref>{{cite news|title=Johnson Praises Agent's Bravery: Honors Guard Who Shielded Him in Dallas Shooting 'Courage' Is Cited|newspaper=The New York Times|date=December 5, 1963|page=32|agency=Associated Press}}</ref> That evening, Johnson called Secret Service Chief [[James J. Rowley]] and cited Youngblood's bravery.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,875362-2,00.html|title=The Transfer of Power|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|date=November 29, 1963|access-date=June 25, 2007|archive-date=September 30, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930115642/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,875362-2,00.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|agency=Associated Press|title=Johnson Says Agent in Dallas Screened Him With His Body |newspaper=The New York Times|date=November 27, 1963|page=21}}</ref> Youngblood would later recall some of this in his memoir, ''Twenty Years in the Secret Service''. | ||
The period following the Kennedy assassination was the most difficult in the modern history of the agency. Press reports indicated that morale among the agents was "low" for months following the assassination.<ref>{{cite book|title=Twenty Years in the Secret Service|publisher=Simon and Schuster|location=New York |year=1973 |first=Rufus |last=Youngblood |pages=147–149}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.assassinationresearch.com/v4n1.html|title=Survivor's Guilt: The Secret Service and the Failure to Protect the President|access-date=June 29, 2007|archive-date=June 29, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070629215728/http://www.assassinationresearch.com/v4n1.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> The agency overhauled its procedures in the wake of the Kennedy killing. Training, which until that time had been confined largely to "on-the-job" efforts, was systematized and regularized. | The period following the Kennedy assassination was the most difficult in the modern history of the agency. Press reports indicated that morale among the agents was "low" for months following the assassination.<ref>{{cite book|title=Twenty Years in the Secret Service|publisher=Simon and Schuster|location=New York |year=1973 |first=Rufus |last=Youngblood |pages=147–149}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.assassinationresearch.com/v4n1.html|title=Survivor's Guilt: The Secret Service and the Failure to Protect the President|access-date=June 29, 2007|archive-date=June 29, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070629215728/http://www.assassinationresearch.com/v4n1.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> The agency overhauled its procedures in the wake of the Kennedy killing. Training, which until that time had been confined largely to "on-the-job" efforts, was systematized and regularized. | ||
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In 2015, two inebriated senior Secret Service agents drove an official car into the White House complex and collided with a barrier. Chairperson of the [[United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform]] that investigated the incident was [[Jason Chaffetz]]. Chaffetz, whose committee oversees the Secret Service, never disclosed that he had applied for and was rejected from the agency in the 2000s. | In 2015, two inebriated senior Secret Service agents drove an official car into the White House complex and collided with a barrier. Chairperson of the [[United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform]] that investigated the incident was [[Jason Chaffetz]]. Chaffetz, whose committee oversees the Secret Service, never disclosed that he had applied for and was rejected from the agency in the 2000s. | ||
In September 2015, it was revealed that 18 Secret Service employees or supervisors, including Assistant Director Ed Lowery, accessed an unsuccessful 2003 application by Chaffetz for employment with the agency and discussed leaking the information to the media in retaliation for Chaffetz' investigations of agency misconduct. The confidential personal information was later leaked to ''[[The Daily Beast]]''. Agency Director Joe Clancy apologized to Chaffetz and said that disciplinary action would be taken against those responsible.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Caldwell |first1=Alicia A. |url=http://www.stripes.com/investigation-secret-service-tried-to-discredit-us-lawmaker-1.371132 |title=Federal investigation: Secret Service tried to discredit US lawmaker |agency= | In September 2015, it was revealed that 18 Secret Service employees or supervisors, including Assistant Director Ed Lowery, accessed an unsuccessful 2003 application by Chaffetz for employment with the agency and discussed leaking the information to the media in retaliation for Chaffetz' investigations of agency misconduct. The confidential personal information was later leaked to ''[[The Daily Beast]]''. Agency Director Joe Clancy apologized to Chaffetz and said that disciplinary action would be taken against those responsible.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Caldwell |first1=Alicia A. |url=http://www.stripes.com/investigation-secret-service-tried-to-discredit-us-lawmaker-1.371132 |title=Federal investigation: Secret Service tried to discredit US lawmaker |agency=Associated Press |website=[[Stars and Stripes (newspaper)|Stars and Stripes]] |date=September 30, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151002041108/http://www.stripes.com/federal-investigation-secret-service-tried-to-discredit-us-lawmaker-1.371132 |archive-date= Oct 2, 2015 }}</ref> | ||
In March 2017, a member of Vice President [[Mike Pence]]'s detail was suspended after the agent was caught visiting a prostitute at a hotel in Maryland.<ref>{{cite web |url-status=live |last1=Landers |first1=Elizabeth |first2=Mary Kay |last2=Mallonee |first3=Peter |last3=Morris |url=http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/05/politics/secret-service-agent-prostitute-maryland-hotel/index.html |title=First on CNN: Secret Service agent on VP's detail caught after meeting with prostitute at Maryland hotel |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170406002030/http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/05/politics/secret-service-agent-prostitute-maryland-hotel/index.html |archive-date=April 6, 2017 |date=April 5, 2017 |website=CNN Politics }}</ref> | In March 2017, a member of Vice President [[Mike Pence]]'s detail was suspended after the agent was caught visiting a prostitute at a hotel in Maryland.<ref>{{cite web |url-status=live |last1=Landers |first1=Elizabeth |first2=Mary Kay |last2=Mallonee |first3=Peter |last3=Morris |url=http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/05/politics/secret-service-agent-prostitute-maryland-hotel/index.html |title=First on CNN: Secret Service agent on VP's detail caught after meeting with prostitute at Maryland hotel |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170406002030/http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/05/politics/secret-service-agent-prostitute-maryland-hotel/index.html |archive-date=April 6, 2017 |date=April 5, 2017 |website=CNN Politics }}</ref> | ||
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* [[Bodyguard]] | * [[Bodyguard]] | ||
* [[Commander-in-Chief's Guard]] – the | * [[Commander-in-Chief's Guard]] – the American Revolutionary War unit that also had the dual responsibilities of protecting the Commander-in-Chief and the Continental Army's money | ||
* [[List of protective service agencies]] | * [[List of protective service agencies]] | ||
* [[Secret Service codename]] | * [[Secret Service codename]] | ||