The United States Secret Service
From the May/June issue of National Communications
The Secret Service was commissioned on July 5, 1865 in Washington D.C. as
the "Secret Service Division," to supress counterfeit currenty, whwich is
why it was established under the United States Department of the Treasury.
At the time, the only other federal law enforcement agencies were the
United States Park Police, U.S. Post office Department - Office of Instrucitons
and Mail Depredations, now known as the United States Postal Inspection
Service, and the United States Marshals Service.
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