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Behind the Shades Article

BELTSVILLE, MD - Sitting beside the aquatic training tank at the United States Secret Service’s James J. Rowley Training Center, Senior Special Agent Vince Seymour looked across lanes of perfectly pristine water…

Behind the Shades Article
Special Agent Coron Williams played college basketball for Robert Morris University during their 2010 March Madness run. Photo courtesy of Robert Morris University.

 Before his daily attire consisted of a suit, tie, and badge, United…

Behind the Shades Article

Following an intense 2024 presidential campaign season that included more than 100 protective visits, leaders of the U.S. Secret Service Chicago Field Office returned to the battleground state of Wisconsin in March to…

Behind the Shades Article

Devarjaye “DJ” Daniel sat beside U.S. Secret Service leadership on Wednesday to congratulate the graduates of Special Agent Training Class 445 at the James J. Rowley Training Center in Beltsville, Maryland.

Himself a newly appointed…

Behind the Shades Article

Retired Special Agent in Charge (SAIC) Tim McCarthy spoke candidly about taking a bullet for President Ronald Reagan more than four decades ago during the attempted assassination outside the Washington Hilton Hotel in Washington, D.C. 

Behind the Shades Article

by Kelli Tippett, MFS (USSS Laboratory Director)

This article was originally published in the February 2025 edition of the United States Secret Service Association's official magazine, The Pipeline.

An aperture is an opening in the…

Press Release

Below is Secret Service Acting Director Ronald L. Rowe, Jr.’s written testimony for December 5, 2024, as submitted to the House Task Force on the Attempted Assassination of Donald J. Trump for Congressional record.

Good morning, Chairman…

Behind the Shades Article

This article was originally published in the November 2024 edition of the United States Secret Service Association's official magazine, The Pipeline.

By Forensic Services Division Deputy Special Agent in Charge Joan Hoback

In March…

Press Release

The U.S. Secret Service’s mission assurance report found that multiple operational and communications gaps preceded the July 13 attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump. This included a deficiency of established command and…

Press Release

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Secret Service’s National Threat Assessment Center released a new guide Wednesday designed to help state and local law enforcement develop programs to prevent targeted violence in the United States.

The guide,…