8 things you might not know about the US secret service

The agency in charge of protecting the president of the United States is known as the secret service .They are those men in black who discreetly become the shadows of the leader of the free world, as he is also Meet the American president.Discover some interesting facts about these officials.

Fascinating facts about the US secret service

1.The Secret Service is one of the most federal investigation agencies The country's former, founded in 1865 to stop counterfeiters .

2.There are approximately 3,200 special agents and another 1,300 uniformed officers guarding the House Blanca, the Treasury building and foreign diplomatic missions in Washington.

8 things you might not know about the US secret service

3.You also protect the First a Family, the Secret Service also provides security for the vice president , the president-elect, the vice president-elect, former presidents and their families, presidential candidates, visiting heads of state and representatives of the United States who perform special missions abroad.

4.After the assassination of President William McKinley in 1901 , the Secret Service agents began to monitor the presidents full time.Sirhan Sirhan shot and killed presidential candidate Robert F.Kennedy in 1968, agents took the job of protecting presidential and vice presidential candidates as well.In fact, the Service offered protection to Barack Obama a year and a half before election day, more early than any candidate in history.

5. Only one member of the Secret Service has died protecting the President .On November 1, 1950, two nationalists As Puerto Ricans broke into the house where President Harry Truman lived while the White House was being renovated.

8 things you might not know about the US secret service

In their attempt to assassinate Truman, soldier Leslie Coffelt, a member of the Secret Service, was shot three times before dying for his wounded, Coffelt returned the fire, firing at a possible killer in the head.

6.Although in the FBI, the CIA and the NSA if individuals from other countries and agencies have infiltrated, the Secret Service has never discovered a spy or traitor in their ranks .

7.After September 11, the Secret Service assumed new responsibilities, overseeing the security in non-political events that could be targets for terrorists, such as the Super Bowl.Even when the scope of their mission is extended, the The agency did not receive adequate funding, according to a report from the Supervisory Committee of the House of Representatives.Budget cuts, poor management and low morale led to an exodus of employees.Between 2011 and 2015, the number of full-time workers in the agency fell from 7,024 to 6,315, according to the House of Representatives Supervision Committee.

8.Agents call the Pentagon with the code name "Calico," and refer to The White House as "Castle."

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