The United States secretary of defense (SecDef) is the head of the United States Department of Defense (DoD),the executive department of the U.S. Armed Forces,and is a high-ranking member of the federal cabinet. The secretary of defense's position of command and authority over the military is second only to that of the president of the United States,who is the commander-in-chief. This position corresponds to what is generally known as a defense minister in many other countries. The president appoints the secretary of defense with the advice and consent of the Senate,and is by custom a member of the Cabinet and by law a member of the National Security Council.
The United States Secret Service is a federal law enforcement agency under the Department of Homeland Security tasked with conducting criminal investigations and providing protection to U.S. political leaders,their families,and visiting heads of state or government. The Secret Service was,until 2003,part of the Department of the Treasury,due to their initial mandate of combating counterfeiting of U.S. currency. The agency has protected U.S. presidents and presidential candidates since 1901.
George John Tenet is an American intelligence official and academic who served as the Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) for the United States Central Intelligence Agency,as well as a Distinguished Professor in the Practice of Diplomacy at Georgetown University.
The director of central intelligence (DCI) was the head of the American Central Intelligence Agency from 1946 to 2004,acting as the principal intelligence advisor to the president of the United States and the United States National Security Council,as well as the coordinator of intelligence activities among and between the various US intelligence agencies.
In the United States,a special agent is an official title used to refer to certain investigators or detectives of federal,military,tribal,or state agencies who primarily serve in criminal investigatory positions. Additionally,some special agents operate in criminal intelligence,counterterrorism,or counterintelligence-based roles as well,with one or all of these roles occasionally taking precedence over criminal investigatory tasks.
The Intelligence Bureau is an intelligence and security agency in Pakistan,focused primarily on non-military intelligence. Established in 1947,the IB is Pakistan's oldest intelligence agency. It is led by the Director General,who is usually an officer from the Police Service of Pakistan.
In the United States,Office of Inspector General (OIG) is a generic term for the oversight division of a federal or state agency aimed at preventing inefficient or unlawful operations within their parent agency. Such offices are attached to many federal executive departments,independent federal agencies,as well as state and local governments. Each office includes an inspector general and employees charged with identifying,auditing,and investigating fraud,waste,abuse,embezzlement and mismanagement of any kind within the executive department.
Clarence Marion Kelley was an American law enforcement officer. He served as the Chief of the Kansas City Police Department in Kansas City,Missouri,from 1961 to 1973,and as the second director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation from 1973 to 1978.
Carl Joseph Truscott is a security expert and was the sixth Director of the Bureau of Alcohol,Tobacco,Firearms and Explosives in the United States Department of Justice under George W. Bush,a position he held from 2004 to 2006.
Mark J. Sullivan is a former federal law enforcement agent who served as the 22nd Director of the United States Secret Service from May 31,2006,to March 27,2013. Sullivan succeeded W. Ralph Basham and was succeeded by Julia Pierson.
Lewis Carlo Merletti was the 19th Director of the United States Secret Service. He succeeded Eljay B. Bowron,and was sworn in on June 6,1997,by the Secretary of the Treasury Robert Rubin. A 25-year veteran of the United States Secret Service,Merletti has also served as Assistant Director in the Office of Training,and as the Special Agent in Charge of the Presidential Protection Division.
Ronald Kenneth "Ron" Noble is an American law enforcement officer who served as the secretary-general of the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) from 2000 to 2014. He was the organization's first American and youngest secretary-general at the time of his appointment. Noble previously worked as a public servant in various U.S. government agencies,including the District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania,the Department of Justice and the Treasury.
Earl Edward Devaney was an American government official who served as inspector general for the United States Department of the Interior and chairman of the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board.
Patrick P. O'Carroll Jr. was the third Inspector General for the Social Security Administration of the United States of America,serving from November 24,2004,to May 31,2016.
Gordon S. Heddell (born August 13,1943,in St Louis) is a former Inspector General (IG) of the United States Department of Defense. Previously,Heddell also served as Inspector General for the Department of Labor.
Joseph "Joe" P. Clancy is an American law enforcement official. He was the 24th Director of the United States Secret Service. Clancy previously served as head of the agency's presidential protection division until 2011,when he retired and became director of corporate security for Comcast.
Peter Paul Strzok II is a former United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agent. He was the Deputy Assistant Director of the FBI's Counterintelligence Division and led the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections. Previously,he had been the chief of the division's Counterespionage Section and led the investigation into Hillary Clinton's use of a personal email server.
James M. Murray is an American former law enforcement officer who served as the 26th director of the United States Secret Service from 2019 to 2022.
H. Stuart Knight was director of the United States Secret Service between 1973 and 1981. Prior to this position,Knight briefly worked as a police officer before he joined the United States Secret Service as a special agent in 1950. During his career,Knight was assigned to keep the president of the United States and vice president of the United States safe between 1951 and 1963. In this role,Knight protected the Vice President when the attack on Richard Nixon's motorcade occurred in 1958.
