United States Secret Service combat cybercrime. Protection of the nation's highest elected leaders and other government officials remains the other key mission of the United States Secret Service. After the 1901 assassination of President William McKinley, Congress also directed the Secret Service to protect the President of the United States. The Secret Service is authorized by law to protect: The laws states that individuals other than the President, the Vice President (or other officer next in the order of succession to the Office of President), the President-elect, and the Vice President-elect may decline Secret Service protection, but the law neither allows nor disallows these
The Secret Service for stories set in secret organisations with extravagant acronyms." He points out inferences to the Cold War, noting that the spy Sakov in "The Cure" is Russian and concluding that "The Secret Service" is one of several Century 21 series that "unashamedly capitalised on the Cold War cult of the secret agent whose skills defend the home from enemies unknown." He labels "The Secret Service" overall as the Andersons' "one flop". In 1969, author John William Jennison wrote two original novels based on the series – "The Destroyer" and "The VIP" – under the pseudonym "John Theydon". The series was