The U.S. Secret Service: History and Missions

by Congressional Research Service

The U.S. Secret Service (USSS) within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has two missions-criminal investigations and protection. Criminal investigation activities encompass financial crimes, identity theft, counterfeiting, computer fraud, and computer-based attacks on the nation's financial, banking, and telecommunications infrastructure. The protection mission is the more publicly visible of the two, covering the President, Vice President,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1535213167
• ISBN13: 9781535213165
• Release Date: July 2016
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 24 Pages
• Weight: 0.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 8.5" x 11.0"