# Secret Service

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-service/250802>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 17, 2004, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-service/250802 "2004-06-17T03:41:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2004, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-service/250802/1 "2004-06-17T03:41:31Z")

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The United States Secret Service is known for two things:

Bodyguards for the President.  
and  
Investigators of counterfeiting.

Can any doper explain to me in simple terms how one agency is in charge of these two seemingly unrelated duties?

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**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2004, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-service/250802/2 "2004-06-17T03:57:22Z")

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An historical accident as much as anything else.

Previous thread at…

[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=160624&highlight=Secret+Service](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=160624&highlight=Secret+Service)