secret service
noun
1
: a governmental service of a secret nature
2
Secret Service
: a division of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security chiefly in charge of stopping crimes against the nation's financial system and protecting the president and other national officials and visiting world leaders
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Flashback: In 2014, just 43% of respondents rated the secret service as excellent or good after a series of security lapses, including an intruder who jumped the White House fence and entered the building.
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Noah Bressner, Axios, 23 Sep. 2024
People from the secret services, people who were adept at using the official Russian Orthodox church as a tool for returning to very archaic times.
—Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 11 Jan. 2024
In this file photo, a secret service agent does a security sweep of the second hole as President Biden, not pictured, golfs at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on June 4, 2023.
—Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 20 Sep. 2024
Spain accused of 'meddling' in Venezuela Two Spanish nationals detained while taking photographs in the town of Puerto Ayacucho are linked to Spain’s secret service and were planning the assassination of a mayor, Cabello said.
—John Bacon, USA TODAY, 16 Sep. 2024
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Noah Bressner, Axios, 23 Sep. 2024
People from the secret services, people who were adept at using the official Russian Orthodox church as a tool for returning to very archaic times.
—Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 11 Jan. 2024
In this file photo, a secret service agent does a security sweep of the second hole as President Biden, not pictured, golfs at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on June 4, 2023.
—Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 20 Sep. 2024
Spain accused of 'meddling' in Venezuela Two Spanish nationals detained while taking photographs in the town of Puerto Ayacucho are linked to Spain’s secret service and were planning the assassination of a mayor, Cabello said.
—John Bacon, USA TODAY, 16 Sep. 2024
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“Secret service.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/secret%20service. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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