In film and in press, we see the Service in its most visible and high-profile role: presidential protector. But how did an agency with roots in the treasury department get that job? And what are we missing when all we see is security?

Further reading:

THE SECRET SERVICE
https://www.secretservice.gov/about/f...
https://www.secretservice.gov/#:~:tex...
https://www.secretservice.gov/about/h...
https://www.secretservice.gov/about/h...
https://www.secretservice.gov/sites/d...
https://www.secretservice.gov/investi...

FBI
https://www.fbi.gov/history/brief-his...

US MARSHALS SERVICE
https://www.usmarshals.gov/who-we-are...

TIME
https://time.com/3788285/men-in-black/
https://time.com/3774327/lincoln-hist...

BRITANNICA
https://www.britannica.com/topic/US-S...

HOW STUFF WORKS
https://people.howstuffworks.com/secr...


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