Words from someone who know Secret Service Protocol
Words from someone who know Secret Service Protocol
The United States Secret Service is a United States federal law enforcement agency that is part of the United States Department of Homeland Security. The sworn members are divided among the Special Agents and the Uniformed Division. Until March 1, 2003, the Service was part of the United States Department of the Treasury.
The U.S. Secret Service has two distinct areas of responsibility:
Treasury roles, covering missions such as prevention and investigation of counterfeiting of U.S. currency and U.S treasury securities, and investigation of major fraud.
Protective roles, ensuring the safety of current and former national leaders and their families, such as the President, past Presidents, Vice Presidents, presidential candidates, foreign embassies (per an agreement with the U.S. State Department's Bureau of Diplomatic Security (DS) Office of Foreign Missions (OFM), etc.
The Secret Service's initial responsibility was to investigate crimes related to the Treasury and 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), Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
THESE POSITIONS ARE NON POLITICAL !
An agents Political Ideals have to remain in check.
Now granted, the person, and I'm sure you know to whom I am referring, was in 35 years ago, I'm sure things and policies have changed. Yet the job remains the same. Their role has been expanded since be enveloped by DHS ! :nono: But, protect POTUS, V-POTUS, 1st Ladies, Kids, Foreign Dignitaries, Presidential Candidates, Former POTUS'.
Go after shit heads who counterfeit money.
My father was on many details,
Primary role:
1) Ride on Drivers side of the Beast Carrying a shotgun.
2) Back up driver.
3) Rarely was he on advanced party, but when he was, he said there was some cocktailing, but nothing to what is happening today.
4) He went on several trips with V-POTUS,
5) A couple of times they had intel on Bill Ayers
6) Some very funny stories about LBJ at his ranch in Texas. LBJ could out drink the 3 best power drinkers at the MJ golf outing ! :toast:
and a tale that goes something like this.....and a blood hound...and a half empty bottle
With 2 cars full of agents in full pursuit
So I have been told :shrug:
By several people in Blanco,TX
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