• 1. Also known as: Secret Service Division
  2. Formed: July 5, 1865
  3. Established by the U.S. Department of the Treasury
  4. Headquarters: Washington, D.C.
  5. Parent agency: U.S. Department of Homeland Security
  6. Former parent agency: U.S. Department of the Treasury
  7. Employees: 3,200 agents and 1,200 uniformed officers
  8. Director: Mark J. Sullivan
  9. Budget: $1.3 billion (2007)
  10. Initially created to stop counterfeit money after the Civil War

• Learn here all about The U.S. Secret Service. It is a federal law enforcement agency formerly under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, but currently under the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Its two basic purposes are to protect American heads of state and to investigate crimes involving counterfeit U.S. currency.

  November 16, 2009 The US Secret Service warns Americans to watch out for fake money this holiday season. They say fake money is often made and circulated during the holidays. http://www.wrcbtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=11511234

• Who They Protect

  Secret Service agents are assigned to protect specific individuals important to the United States government. These include:

  1. President and Vice President
  2. President-elect and Vice President-elect
  3. Former Presidents and their spouses (except when the spouse remarries)
  4. Certain candidates for the offices of President and Vice President (within 120 days of general election)
  5. Children and grandchildren of current and former presidents until age 16
  6. Visiting foreign heads of state and government and their spouses
  7. Any other individuals designated by President or the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security

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