Why is the Secret Service called the Secret Service?

I don't know the exact history behind the name, but what I do know is that it was the best thing that ever happened to the agency. The name has given the agency a mystique of clandestine operations and a veil of secrecy that few agencies have, tr... read more

The US Secret Service was originally the Secret Service Division of the Department of the Treasury. Basically they were the law enforcement arm of the Treasury Department. read more

In that directive, it made the Secret Service the federal agency responsible for security at events given such a designation. Effective March 1, 2003, the Secret Service was transferred from the Department of the Treasury to the newly established Department of Homeland Security. read more