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Why does the Secret Service have jurisdiction over those types of crimes?
by malandrew 13y ago
Why does the Secret Service have jurisdiction over those types of crimes?
- zevyoura 13y agoThe Secret Service has two responsibilities: protection (e.g. of the president) and preventing/investigating financial crimes.
- toomuchtodo 13y agoAt least they get one job right.
- fnordfnordfnord 13y agoAlmost all of the time.
- betterunix 13y agoThe Secret Service does more than protect the president; their primary purpose is to combat counterfeiting. The morons who run this country figured that computer crimes were closer to counterfeiting money than to any other crimes, and so the Secret Service got in on the action.
- kimble 13y agoWire fraud.
- hansjorg 13y agoAn interesting apropos: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Jackson_Games,_Inc._v._United_States_Secret_Service http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Jackson_Games,_Inc._v._Un...