United States Secret Service
Some of the key events about United States Secret Service
- 1865Established to combat widespread counterfeiting of U.S. currency
- 1865Failed to prevent the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln
- 1901Assumed full-time responsibility for protection of the President
- 1901Failed to prevent the assassination of President William McKinley
- 1917Expanded duties to include investigations of espionage during World War I
- 1950Permanently authorized to protect the President, their family, and other high-ranking officials
- 1963Failed to prevent the assassination of President John F. Kennedy
- 1968Began protecting major presidential and vice presidential candidates
- 1970Expanded protective duties to include foreign diplomatic missions in the U.S.
- 1975Faced criticism for inadequate protection during two assassination attempts on President Gerald Ford
- 1981Failed to prevent the attempted assassination of President Ronald Reagan
- 1984Implemented the "Magaw Plan" to improve presidential security after a breach
- 1994Successfully thwarted an attempt to crash a plane into the White House
- 1995Criticized for security lapses that allowed a shooter to fire multiple shots at the White House
- 2000Established the National Threat Assessment Center to study targeted violence
- 2001Led evacuation efforts at the World Trade Center during the 9/11 attacks
- 2009Faced scrutiny after a couple crashed a White House state dinner, breaching security protocols
- 2012Embroiled in a prostitution scandal involving agents in Cartagena, Colombia
- 2014Criticized for multiple security breaches at the White House, including an intruder entering the building
- 2015Faced allegations of misconduct and mismanagement, leading to the resignation of the agency's director
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