The United States Secret Service is a federal law enforcement agency under the Department of Homeland Security with the purpose of conducting criminal investigations and protecting 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 combatting counterfeiting of U.S. currency. The agency has protected U.S. presidents and presidential candidates since 1901.
The United States Marshals Service (USMS) is a federal law enforcement agency in the United States. The Marshals Service serves as the enforcement and security arm of the U.S. federal judiciary,although it is an agency of the U.S. Department of Justice and operates under the direction of the U.S. Attorney General. It is the oldest U.S. federal law enforcement agency,created by the Judiciary Act of 1789 during the presidency of George Washington as the "Office of the United States Marshal". The USMS as it stands today was established in 1969 to provide guidance and assistance to U.S. Marshals throughout the federal judicial districts.
The United States secretary of homeland security is the head of the United States Department of Homeland Security,the federal department tasked with ensuring public safety in the United States. The secretary is a member of the Cabinet of the United States. The position was created by the Homeland Security Act following the attacks of September 11,2001.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is a federal law enforcement agency under the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. ICE's stated mission is to protect the United States from cross-border crime and undocumented immigration that threaten national security and public safety.
The Federal Protective Service (FPS) is a federal law enforcement agency of the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS). It is also "the federal agency charged with protecting and delivering integrated law enforcement and security services to facilities owned or leased by the General Services Administration (GSA)"—over 9,000 buildings—and their occupants.
The Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers serves as an interagency law enforcement training body for 105 United States government federal law enforcement agencies. The stated mission of FLETC is to "...train those who protect our homeland". Through the Rural Policing Institute (RPI) and the Office of State and Local Training,it provides tuition-free and low-cost training to state,local,campus and tribal law enforcement agencies.
William Ralph Basham Jr. is an American law enforcement official who served as commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection,director of the United States Secret Service,director of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers,and chief of staff of the Transportation Security Administration.
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.
A. T. Smith is a former Deputy Director of the United States Secret Service. He was appointed by former Director Mark Sullivan in April 2012. Smith also served under former directors Julia Pierson and Joseph Clancy.
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.
James F. Sloan was an American intelligence official who served as the Assistant Commandant for Intelligence and Criminal Investigations for the United States Coast Guard and head of Coast Guard Intelligence from November 17,2003 to February 27,2009. He was responsible for directing,coordinating,and overseeing intelligence and investigative operations and activities that support all U.S. Coast Guard mission objectives,the national strategy for Homeland Security,and National Security objectives.
Joseph Petro is the executive vice president and managing director of Citigroup Security and Investigative Services. He is also co-chairman of the United States Department of State's Overseas Security Advisory Council. He also served for 23 years as a special agent in the United States Secret Service;eleven of them with presidents and vice presidents. For four of those years he stood by the side of Ronald Reagan.
Command Group,"CG",founded as Command Consulting Group,is an international security and intelligence consulting firm,founded in 2009,headquartered in Washington,D.C.,United States. CG provides advisory services for governments,corporations,and high net worth individuals.
Lisa Oudens Monaco is an American attorney,former federal prosecutor and national security official who has served as the 39th United States Deputy Attorney General since April 21,2021. She is a member of the Democratic Party.
The director of the United States Secret Service is the head of the United States Secret Service,and is responsible for the day-to-day operations.
Avril Danica Haines is an American lawyer and senior government official who serves as the director of national intelligence in the Biden administration. She is the first woman to serve in this role. Haines previously served as Deputy National Security Advisor and Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in the Obama administration. Prior to her appointment to the CIA,she served as Deputy Counsel to the President for National Security Affairs in the Office of White House Counsel.
On November 11,2011,Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez,an unemployed 21-year-old man,fired multiple shots at the White House using a semi-automatic rifle. At least seven bullets hit the second floor. Neither President Barack Obama nor First Lady Michelle Obama were home at the time;the president was not in Washington,D.C.,having been on a trip abroad. However,the couple's youngest daughter,Sasha,and the first lady's mother,Marian Shields Robinson,were in the White House. No one was injured. It took four days for the Secret Service to realize that bullets had struck the White House. Michelle Obama learned of the shooting from an usher,then summoned Mark J. Sullivan,director of the Secret Service,to find out why the first family had not been informed.
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.
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.
Kimberly A. Cheatle is an American former law enforcement officer who served as the 27th director of the United States Secret Service from 2022 to 2024. She joined the United States Secret Service in 1995. She left the Secret Service in 2019 and served at PepsiCo as senior director of global security from 2019 to 2022. She assumed the office as director of the United States Secret Service in September 2022 by the appointment from President Joe Biden.
