From: santoken@bright.net
Date: Thu Sep 18 2003 - 19:07:06 PDT
You are exactly correct, Bill. More can be read about this at the bottom of the page here:
http://www.secretservice.gov/history.shtml
And, if you read about the Patriot Act of 2001, it shows that the Secret Service was given jurisdiction over computer and internet fraud.
Kent
>
> From: "Bill Taylor" <usms@sbcglobal.net>
> Date: Thu Sep 18, 9:41 PM
> To: <santoken@bright.net>,
> <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> Subject: RE: [MV] anybody know this man?
>
>
> The Secret Service is not a sub section of the IRS. The IRS is a
> completely different division and it is under the Treasury Department.
> The Secret Service served under the Treasure Department as a separate
> department until:
>
> The Department of Homeland Security is established with the passage of
> (Public Law 107-296) which in part, transfers the United States Secret
> Service from the Department of the Treasury, to the new department
> effective March 1, 2003.
>
> As part of their mission:
>
> The United States Secret Service is mandated by statute and executive
> order to carry out two significant missions: protection and criminal
> investigations. The Secret Service protects the President and Vice
> President, their families, heads of state, and other designated
> individuals; investigates threats against these protectees; protects the
> White House, Vice President's Residence, Foreign Missions, and other
> buildings within Washington, D.C.; and plans and implements security
> designs for designated National Special Security Events. The Secret
> Service also investigates violations of laws relating to counterfeiting
> of obligations and securities of the United States; financial crimes
> that include, but are not limited to, access device fraud, financial
> institution fraud, identity theft, computer fraud; and computer-based
> attacks on our nation's financial, banking, and telecommunications
> infrastructure.
>
> Bill
>
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> Subject: Re: [MV] anybody know this man?
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> > I don't doubt you, but the Secret Service is a
> > sub-section of the US Treasury as is the IRS. It's
> > main duty is to prevent the illegal production, or
> > counterfeiting, of money and protection of the
> > president. They do not investigate international mail
> > fraud, so somebody goofed up.
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