I'm just back from Washington DC where I spent several days visiting
the headquarters of the Secret Service while researching an article for
Parade magazine entitled, "Protecting the President in the 21st
century. I don't know when my interest in the Secret Service started,
but it was long before the movie, "In the Line of Fire." For some
reason, I've always found this elite organization fascinating. The
Secret Service doesn't just safeguard the President of the United
States, (as well as several dozen other important personages), they are
also charged with protecting the nation's financial institutions, and
that means they are the lead agency fighting counterfeiting and
electronic cybercrimes.
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