Department Of Homeland Security Essay

The specific agency operating under The Department of Homeland Security I choose to research was the United States Secret Service. The USSS is a federal law enforcement agency that was operated under the US Department of Treasury before it was adopted by the department of Homeland Security. Many people, including myself up until now, just think that the Secret Service is the US Presidents personal guard. They have much more responsibility then that. Other then the President, they also provide security for past Presidents, Vice presidents, visiting heads of state, presidential candidates, and foreign embassies, as well as their families. They are also responsible for financial crimes, including things like counterfeit U.S currency, U.S treasury
They quickly accumulated more responsibilities, being the nations first and only domestic intelligence and counter-intelligence agency until the formation of the FBI in 1908. In 1995 they formed an electronics crime task force in New York which concentrated and accumulated local, state, and federal law enforcement, as well as prosecutors, private companies, and academia, to investigate and prevent financial and critical infrastructure of America. This was later expanded nationwide by the U.S patriot act in 2001.The Secret Service was transferred to the Department of Homeland Security on March 1, 2003. Due to the success of the domestic Electronic Crime Task Force, Homeland Security directed the Secret Service to form a European Electronic Crime Task Force in 2009 and then a second one in 2010. Other then investigating financial crimes, they also now investigate certain Homeland Security-related crimes, whatever they are-according to the