US/Secret Service
 US/Secret Service    | |
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| Formation | July 5, 1865 |
| Parent organization | US/Department/Homeland Security |
| Subpage | •US/Secret Service/Deputy Director •US/Secret Service/Director |
| A US secret service focusing primarily on financial fraud and protecting key individuals such as politicians. | |
Originally a department of the US Treasury, the Secret Service was originally formed to suppress counterfeit currency, though its mission has gradually evolved over the years. Their first mission to protect a US President was President Cleveland in 1894[1]
Official Narrative
The dual mission of the United States Secret Service is "to safeguard the nation's financial infrastructure and payment systems to preserve the integrity of the economy, and to protect national leaders, visiting heads of state and government, designated sites and National Special Security Events".[2]
Assassination of JFK
- Full article: John F. Kennedy/Assassination
- Full article: John F. Kennedy/Assassination
There is considerable evidence of an organised Secret Service stand down for the JFK Assassination. At that time it was under the directorship of James Joseph Rowley.
2001
The New York City Field office was located at 7 World Trade Center. After the USA Patriot Act was signed into law by George W. Bush, which mandated the U.S. Secret Service to establish a nationwide network of Electronic Crimes Task Forces (ECTFs) to investigate and prevent attacks on financial and critical infrastructures in the United State
