To Be a U.S. Secret Service Agent

To Be a U.S. Secret Service Agent
ISBN-10
0760322937
ISBN-13
9780760322932
Category
Social Science
Pages
144
Language
English
Published
2006-05-15
Publisher
Zenith Press
Author
Henry Holden

Description

The Secret Service was established after the Civil War by the Treasury Department, originally to protect American currency against counterfeiters. After the assassination of President William McKinley in 1901, Congress directed the Secret Service to protect the President of the United States. Protection remains the primary mission of the United States Secret Service. It takes a special type of individual to be a U.S. Secret Service agent, one willing to "take a bullet" to preserve the ideals on which the United States was founded. To Be a U.S. Secret Service Agent lifts the curtain for a look inside this secretive law enforcement agency, including the highly selective recruiting, the intense training, and the specialized weapons and equipment used to protect current and past Presidents, Vice Presidents, their families, and visiting heads of state.

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