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The previous comment is probably misremembering; the U.S. Secret Service is responsible for investigating counterfeiting, which seems pretty odd if you're only
by Harkins 14y ago
The previous comment is probably misremembering; the U.S. Secret Service is responsible for investigating counterfeiting, which seems pretty odd if you're only familiar with them as personal security for presidents.
- fiatpandas 14y agoThat is pretty interesting that the Secret Service deals with more than protecting VIPs. I googled a bit, a turns out they were originally created by Lincoln as a division of the Treasury to combat counterfeiting. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Secret_Service#History http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Secret_Service#Hi...
- Jun8 14y agoYou're right, it was the Secret Service rather than the CIA.
- nopassrecover 14y agoI find it somewhat interesting that the Secret Service protects bills issued by the Federal Reserve which is nominatively a "private" entity.