United States Secret Service

The United States Secret Service (often abbreviated S.S.) is a United States federal government law enforcement agency that is part of the United States Department of Homeland Security (prior to the founding of that department in 2002, it was under the United States Department of the Treasury).

Secret Service in popular culture

• Prison Break
• Guarding Tess - Film about a Secret Service agent assigned to guard a former First Lady.
• In the Line of Fire - Film about a presidential assassination plot starring Clint Eastwood.
• To Live and Die in L.A. - A film about a Secret Service agent (William L. Petersen) determined to bring down a counterfeiter (Willem Dafoe) by any means necessary.
• Air Force One - Action film starring Harrison Ford. A group of Russian terrorists hijack Air Force One and hold the president's family and staff hostage. One of the president's Secret Service agents is revealed to be a traitor working with the terrorists.
• Wild Wild West - Western parody starring Will Smith and Kevin Kline. In the final scene, President Ulysses S. Grant declares Smith and Kline to be the first Secret Service men.
• The Interpreter - Nicole Kidman plays an interpreter at the United Nations in New York who is under protection of the US Secret Service when her life is in danger.
• The West Wing - A popular TV series about the West Wing of the White House starring Martin Sheen as the president. The show has featured the Secret Service in many capacities over its seven seasons.
• First Daughter - A film starring Katie Holmes as the daughter of the president, Michael Keaton which showcases the protective lengths her father takes to protect his college-bound girl.
• Dave - A film that shows the camaraderie between the president, Kevin Kline, and his primary Secret Service Agent, Ving Rhames.