11 sats \ 2 replies \ @Bell_curve 17 Jul \ on: "Zero Fail: The Rise and Fall of the Secret Service" by Carol Leonnig BooksAndArticles
Secret Service was created in 1865 to combat counterfeiting.
They became presidential bodyguards after McKinley assassination in 1901.
A big reason for their recent dysfunction is moving from treasury to homeland security
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13 sats \ 0 replies \ @StillStackinAfterAllTheseYears OP 17 Jul
They've been headed in that direction for decades, though, and never really recovered from the Kennedy assassination. It's a good book that's worth a read.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bell_curve 17 Jul
2003 is when they moved to Homeland Security
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