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See also the Bureau of Diplomatic Security The Bureau of Diplomatic Security, more commonly known as Diplomatic Security, or DS, includes the Diplomatic Security Service (DSS), DSs most high profile branch. ...
| Diplomatic Security Service |
 | | Protecting Americans Around the World | | Established | 1916 | | Jurisdiction | Visa fraud; Passport fraud;
Counter-intelligence; Protection of the Secretary of State,
visiting foreign diplomats, U.S. Ambassadors overseas
and U.S. embassies and consulates. Image File history File links Diplomatic_Security_Service_-_Seal. ...
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| | Agents | 1,400 | | Special Units | Mobile Security Division | | Field Offices | 8 | | Resident Agencies | 15
| | Overseas Offices | 195 | | Director | Gregory B. Starr | The Mobile Security Deployment, formery called the Mobile Security Division, is a special force within the Bureau of Diplomatic Security (DS) of the Department of State. ...
Gregory B. Starr is Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Diplomatic Security and Acting Director, Diplomatic Security Service Bureau of Diplomatic Security since March 1, 2007. ...
Agents and personnel
The Diplomatic Security Service is the law enforcement arm of the U.S. State Department. The majority of its Special Agents are members of the Foreign Service and federal law enforcement officers at the same time, making them unique. Unlike all other civilian federal law enforcement officers, these DSS agents must serve multiple-year tours overseas on a regular basis as a condition of employment. A minority of DSS agents are members of the State Department's civil service, and do not serve tours overseas; they focus on criminal work and dignitary protection within the United States. All DSS agents have the power to arrest, carry firearms, and serve arrest warrants and other court process. The State Department's web site says that "Diplomatic Security does not formulate foreign policy. It plays another essential — yet behind the scenes — role: To provide a safe and secure environment for the conduct of U.S. foreign policy. Not only is Diplomatic Security a unique organization in the foreign affairs community — it is the only law enforcement agency with representation in nearly every country in the world". Special Agent is the United States governments title for a detective or investigator of the Series 0081 in the Office of Personnel Management or OPM handbook. ...
The United States Foreign Service is a personnel system established under the Foreign Service Act. ...
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An arrest warrant is a warrant issued by a public officer which authorizes the arrest and detention of an individual. ...
When assigned to domestic field offices, DSS agents are responsible for conducting investigations into passport and visa fraud as well as providing protection for the United States Secretary of State and others. Overseas, DSS agents are called Regional Security Officers (RSOs), and are charged with the security and law enforcement duties at U.S. missions, embassies, and consular posts. The Diplomatic Security Service is the lead U.S. investigatory agency in cases of international terrorism, although this function may be detailed to the FBI. There are currently about 1,450 DS Special Agents.[1] Seal of the United States Department of State. ...
Regional Security Officer is the title given to DS Special Agents serving overseas as the head of security at an American Embassy. ...
A diplomatic mission is a group of people from one nation state present in another nation state to represent the sending state in the receiving State. ...
The rule of Napoleon Bonaparte after his coup detat in France had conducted the manners of French governmant under dictatorship and in a consulate. ...
 Special Agent Badge DSS agents are hired after an intensive evaluation process that includes a Foreign Service Board of Examiners writing evaluation, knowledge-based test, panel interview and situational judgment exercises carried out by veteran DS agents. Those selected undergo a comprehensive medical examination needed for worldwide availability, as well as an exhaustive background investigation for security clearance at the level of top secret/sensitive compartmentalized information. A final suitability review and vote by a Foreign Service panel evaluates a candidate's overall ability to represent the interests of the United States as a diplomat abroad. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
Situational Judgement Tests (SJTs) or Inventories (SJIs) are a type of psychometric test which present applicants with realistic, hypothetical scenarios and ask them to identify an appropriate response. ...
A security clearance is a status granted to individuals, typically members of the military and employees of governments and their contractors, allowing them access to classified information, i. ...
An example of a U.S. classified document; page 13 of a U.S. National Security Agency report[1] on the USS Liberty incident, partially declassified and released to the public in July 2003. ...
After a new DSS agent is hired, he or she begins a seven-month training program that includes the Criminal Investigator Training Program at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, a Basic Special Agent Course at the Diplomatic Security Training Center, and courses at the Foreign Service Institute in Arlington, Virginia. A new agent is usually assigned to a domestic field office for three years before taking on an overseas assignment, although an agent can expect to be sent on frequent temporary duty assignments overseas even when assigned to a domestic post. As members of the Foreign Service, agents are expected to spend most of their career living and working overseas, often in hazardous environments or underdeveloped nations throughout the world. The Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) serves as an interagency law enforcement training organization for 82 United States Federal agencies. ...
Located in Arlington, Virginia, the Foreign Service Institute is housed at the George P. Shultz National Foreign Affairs Training Center. ...
DSS agents have been involved in the investigations of most terrorist attacks on U.S. interests overseas in the past twenty years, including the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole, and bombings of two U.S. Embassies in East Africa in 1998. Perhaps most notably, in 1995 DSS agents assigned to the U.S. embassy in Pakistan were involved, along with Pakistani police and intelligence, with arresting Ahmed Ramzi Yousef, who was wanted in connection with the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center in New York City.[1] The USS Cole bombing was a suicide bombing attack against the U.S. Navy guided missile destroyer USS Cole (DDG 67) on October 12, 2000 while it was harbored in the Yemeni port of Aden. ...
The second USS Cole (DDG 67) is an Arleigh Burke class Aegis-equipped guided missile destroyer homeported in NS Norfolk, Virginia. ...
Aftermath at the Nairobi embassy. ...
Eastern Africa (UN subregion) East African Community Central African Federation (defunct) geographic, including above East Africa or Eastern Africa is the easternmost region of the African continent, variably defined by geography or geopolitics. ...
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Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full 1995 Gregorian calendar). ...
Ramzi Ahmed Yousef or Ramzi Mohammed Yousef (also transliterated as Ramzi Yusuf, Ramzi Youssef) (Arabic: رمزي يوس٠), birth name possibly Abdul Basit Mahmoud Abdul Karim (Arabic: عبد الباسط كريم) and also known by dozens of aliases,[1] is a Kuwaiti of Pakistani descent who was one of the planners of the 1993 World Trade Center...
Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ...
The World Trade Center bombing was the February 26, 1993 attack in the garage of the New York City World Trade Center. ...
The World Trade Center in New York City (sometimes informally referred to as the WTC or the Twin Towers) was a complex of seven buildings in Lower Manhattan, mostly designed by American architect Minoru Yamasaki and developed by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. ...
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DSS agents have often found themselves in harms way with four agents and 28-contract security specialists killed in the line of duty thus far. The vast majority of DSS casualties have taken place within the past two years in Iraq where DSS continues to conduct its most critical and dangerous protective missions.
Protection work The largest permanent dignitary protection detail carried out by DSS agents is on the Secretary of State. DSS also has an ongoing protection detail on the United States Ambassador to the United Nations. Most all other 'details' are on visiting foreign dignitaries and diplomats, and are on a temporary basis for the duration of a dignitary's visit. Foreign Ministers from important nations, as well as those with threats, are typically covered by DSS. DSS has the authority to provide protection for Foreign Heads of State, and did so through the early 1970s. At that time there was an order signed by President Nixon also giving this authority to the Secret Service, which has protected heads of state ever since. DSS agents have protected such people as Prince Charles, Princess Diana, Yasser Arafat, the Dalai Lama, and Boris Yeltsin (in the days preceding the collapse of the Soviet Union)[2]. During the annual UN General Assembly in September, DSS, as well as the USSS, protect many dozens of varied dignitaries, mostly in New York City. DSS may also provide protection to others as assigned, including foreign persons without any government status, but who might have a threat against them. DSS also protects certain US Ambassadors overseas. DSS has also protected or does protect the Presidents of Afghanistan, Haiti and Liberia. What makes these 'details' unique is that the protection, done by U.S. federal agents (DSS) is carried out overseas, in the protected person's home country. When the US Government determines that a visiting dignitary needs protection while visiting the United States, these services are most often provided by either the United States Secret Service or the US Department of State’s Diplomatic Security Service. ...
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Because of both the secrecy of secret services and the controversial nature of the issues involved, there is some difficulty in separating the definitions of secret service, secret police, intelligence agency etc. ...
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Diana, Princess of Wales (Diana Frances Mountbatten-Windsor, née Spencer) (1 July 1961–31 August 1997), commonly, but incorrectly, known as Princess Diana, was for fifteen years the wife of HRH The Prince Charles, Prince of Wales. ...
Mohammed Abdel Raouf Arafat al-Qudwa al-Husseini (August 24, 1929 – November 11, 2004; Arabic: ), popularly known as Yasser Arafat, was Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization (1968–2004) and President[2] of the Palestinian National Authority (1993–2004). ...
The 13th Dalai Lama, Thubten Gyatso (1876-1933). ...
Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin (Russian: ) (February 1, 1931 – April 23, 2007[1]) was the first president of the Russian Federation, serving from 1991 to 1999. ...
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Investigations / Passport and visa fraud DSS investigations, carried out by numerous Field Offices and Resident Agent offices throughout the U.S, as well as by RSOs overseas, focuses mainly on Passport or Visa Fraud. It is a felony to apply or assist someone in applying for a US passport or visa when they are not entitled to one. Usually this means an illegal alien in the U.S. trying to establish a false U.S. identity, or stealing the identity form another American, often one who has died. Sometimes Americans, including Foreign Service Officers (FSOs) are the target of DSS investigations, such as an FSO selling visas for personal gain. DSS also investigates other alleged improper or illegal behavior by Department of State personnel, to include incidents of espionage. In the case of the latter the FBI would be necessarily involved as well. Overseas DSS must take the role of local and state law enforcement when investigating issues such as spousal or child abuse by US government personnel assigned to the embassy. This is because the host country will not investigate or prosecute American diplomats who are generally considered to have immunity from their laws. DSS also conducts a large background investigation program. Foreign Service Officers or FSOs help formulate and implement the foreign policy of the United States. ...
In recent years, DSS has expanded its overseas investigations program with ARSO/I's (Assistant Regional Security Officer/Investigations) also known as "Overseas Criminal Investigators." These agents are given special training in consular functions, and are commissioned consular officers, authorized to issue visas. However, they spend the majority of their time working with the fraud units in consular sections, investigating visa and passport fraud, alien smuggling and human trafficking. They work closely with host country law enforcement agencies, and have recently been instrumental in dismantling several large alien smuggling rings.
Computer Investigations & Forensics Branch (CIF) The DSS Computer Investigations and Forensics Branch (CIF) was established in 2004 to help DSS investigators confront a rapid increase in crimes involving computers and other electronic technologies affecting the U.S. Department of State's operations and security. The NASA Columbia Supercomputer. ...
The word forensic (from Latin: forensis - forum) refers to something of, pertaining to, or used in a court of law. ...
Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The United States Department of State, often referred to as the State Department, is the Cabinet-level foreign affairs agency of the United States government, equivalent to foreign ministries in other countries. ...
In 2005, DSS opened 218 investigations involving computer forensics, a 19 percent increase over 2004, and a 43 percent increase over 2003. DSS investigators have used computer forensics to uncover passport and visa fraud, counterintelligence matters, espionage and child pornography. It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Digital Forensic Tools. ...
Visa Fraud has different criteria in various parts of the world, but the commonly accepted points are the sale, provision, or transfer of otherwise legitimate Visas, misrepresentation of reasons for traveling and forgery or alteration of a Visa. ...
Counterintelligence or counter-espionage is the act of seeking and indentifying espionage activities. ...
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Child pornography refers to pornographic material depicting children. ...
To accomplish its mission, CIF has built a highly skilled staff of Special Agents and civilian forensic examiners, network analysts, and evidence technicians who are specially trained and equipped to execute search warrants worldwide on electronic devices and storage media. CIF personnel analyze those items utilizing the latest forensic technology and methods to extract relevant electronic evidence. A search warrant is a written warrant issued by a judge or magistrate which authorizes the police to conduct a search of a person or location for evidence of a criminal offense. ...
The terms storage (U.K.) or memory (U.S.) refer to the parts of a digital computer that retain physical state (data) for some interval of time, possibly even after electrical power to the computer is turned off. ...
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Overseas service Like all members of the Foreign Service, DS agents cannot remain posted in the United States for more than five consecutive years and must eventually be assigned to an overseas post. Once assigned overseas, a DS agent will typically serve first as a Special Agent (formerly, and commonly still, called Assistant Regional Security Officer (ARSO)) in a Regional Security Office. Agents that enjoy the overseas lifestyle will try and get a second tour in an SA slot at a large embassy or even possibly a Regional Security Officer (RSO) slot at a small post. Usually after two back-to-back overseas tours agents will be encouraged to return to the US and serve in a Headquarters position before returning overseas as a Regional Security Officer. The United States Foreign Service is a personnel system established under the Foreign Service Act. ...
The Regional Security Office is the name of the office at a US Embassy or Consulate which oversees all functions of security. ...
Regional Security Officer is the title given to DS Special Agents serving overseas as the head of security at an American Embassy. ...
Regional Security Officer is the title given to DS Special Agents serving overseas as the head of security at an American Embassy. ...
DS has been expanding its criminal role overseas and now has many overseas fraud investigator positions. These positions are referred to as “I” positions - as in “Investigator” - and you will commonly hear them referred to as ARSO-Is. These agents work out of the consular sections of embassies and consulates instead of the Regional Security Offices. The performance of these agents is rated by the consul general subject to a final review by the RSO. For modern diplomatic consuls, see Consulate general. ...
There are several other overseas positions filled by DS agents. At new building construction sites, agents will serve as the Site Security Manager where they will supervise the overall security of the new building including the Construction Security Technicians (CST) and Cleared American Guards (CAG). For construction at posts where there is a critical counterintelligence (CI) threat, agents will also serve as CI investigators dedicated to preventing compromise of the most sensitive spaces within the new embassy.
It is common for domestically assigned DS agents to serve temporary duty (TDY) at Embassies overseas. Such duty can range from various types of protection duties to RSO support or security training for an overseas post, and may last for as little as a few days to multiple months.
History and relationship to the Department of State
 Original 1916 Badge with 2000 Millennium Badge The origins of the DSS go back to 1916 with a handful of agents assigned special duties directly by the Secretary of State, Robert Lansing. Headed by a Chief Special Agent, who was also called Special Assistant to the Secretary, these agents worked in Washington, DC, and New York City. This group of agents would sometimes be referred to as the office of the Chief Special Agent. They were operated with private funds from the Secretary's office. Conducting sensitive investigations, they focused mainly on foreign agents and their activities in the United States (this in the days before the FBI or the CIA). Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
1916 (MCMXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar). ...
This article is about the former Secretary of State. ...
After 1918, when Congress passed laws requiring passports for Americans returning from overseas, and visas for aliens entering the United States, State Department agents began investigating passport and visa fraud. Around this same time State Department agents began protecting distinguished visitors to the United States. During World War I the Chief Special Agent's office had the responsibility for interning and exchanging diplomatic officials of enemy powers. By the 1920s the Chief Special Agent, no longer reporting his office's activities directly to the Secretary of State, began reporting to the Assistant Secretary for Administration. Within the next two decades major passport fraud activities were detected worldwide, often involving both Communists and Nazis. Many of these fraud rings were exposed and stopped. During World War II, State Department agents were once again involved in interning and exchanging diplomatic officials of enemy powers. Around this time the Chief Special Agent's office became known as 'SY', which was short for the office of Security, which in turn was under the Admin. Bureau of the Management Undersecretary. After World War II, 'SY' began expanding its presence overseas, with numerous RSO positions created in overseas posts. “The Great War †redirects here. ...
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The Nazi party used a right-facing swastika as their symbol and the red and black colors were said to represent Blut und Boden (blood and soil). ...
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In the decades since then, 'SY' began regularly protecting visiting heads of state, and codifying its procedures for overseas security. However, the number of agents remained relatively small through the 1970s, hovering around 300, with more than half of these serving overseas at any given time. The April 1983 US Embassy bombing was a catharsis for 'SY', which would transform 'SY' into the newly created Diplomatic Security Service, part of the Bureau of Diplomatic Security. Congress formed a commission headed by Admiral Inman to look into the bombings of U.S. Diplomatic facilities in Beirut. The resultant Inman Report recommended that security at the State Department needed to be elevated to a higher priority. Thus in 1985 Congress created the Bureau of Diplomatic Security, headed by an Assistant Secretary of State. The DSS, technically a sub unit of DS, had a director placed at its head. The Director of DSS is a DSS agent, and is often referred to by a term more familiar: the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary (PDAS), as he/she is senior to the various Assistant Directors of Diplomatic Security who hold positions equivalent to Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS). The PDAS designation signifies the DSS director's preeminence over the other DASs within DS, while at the same time signifying his/her position under the Assistant Secretary for DS. The first several Assistant Secretaries for DS were senior Foreign Service Officers, the last three have been senior law enforcement, brought in from other law enforcement agencies. With the creation of DS and the DSS, its ranks grew to well over 1,000 agents. However, by the mid 90s budget cutbacks were foisted on the U.S. State Department by Congress and the Department in turn trimmed the budget of DSS to the point where it had dwindled to a little over 600 agents. At the time this seemed justified by Department hierarchy who thought DS was growing much too fast in over-reaction to the Beirut bombings. The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, also called The Seventies. ...
The April 18, 1983, suicide bombing of the United States Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon was the deadliest attack on a US displomatic mission to that time, and is seen by some as marking the beginning of anti-US attacks by Islamic groups. ...
The Inman Report, formally known as the Report of the Secretary of States Advisory Panel on Overseas Security, was a report released in 1985 in response to the Marine barracks bombing and the April 1983 US Embassy bombing in Beirut, Lebanon. ...
The Assistant Secretary of State, from 1853 until 1913, was the second-ranking official within the American Department of State. ...
Foreign Service Officers or FSOs help formulate and implement the foreign policy of the United States. ...
Although DS was by then a Bureau within the State Department, overseas the vast majority of RSOs continued to report to the Admin officer. This changed in 1999, as fallout from the east Africa embassy bombings of 1998. The terse message from the then Undersecretary for Management announcing the immediate change made it clear that this action was against his best judgment and insinuated that it was done because then Secretary of State Madeleine Albright ordered it. This change stripped DS out from under Admin officers and placed the RSO directly under the Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM) in the chain of command at an Embassy. In the 1998 U.S. Embassy bombings (August 7, 1998), 257 people were killed and over 4,000 wounded in simultaneous [1] car bomb explosions at the United States embassies in the East African capital cities of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and Nairobi, Kenya. ...
In recent years the Bureau of Diplomatic Security (DS), although not autonomous from the U.S. State Department, has been given more leeway in handling its own affairs. The Diplomatic Security Service is by far the largest sub unit of DS, and is considered its heart and corp. Budgetary approvals and allocations and hiring and promotion numbers for DS and DSS still must be cleared through the U.S. State Department. Traditionally DS, and more specifically the Diplomatic Security Service, has had a conflicted relationship with its parent agency, the U.S. State Department. The main mission of the U.S. State Department is not law enforcement, but is of course diplomacy. Having a law enforcement arm has not been an easy fact for the State Department culture to accept. In fact, for a number of years DS was told specifically by the State Department that it was not a law enforcement agency, and the title of Foreign Service Diplomatic Security officer was emphasized while the title of Special Agent was downplayed. The State Department now more readily accepts the 'special agent' terminology.
Looking at its history it becomes apparent there is a pattern of forced changes in relation to security for the U.S. State Department and its facilities overseas (American embassies and consulates). Often this change is the result of a serious incident, such as a terrorist attack on a U.S. mission. Since 1999 and especially after the creation of the U.S. embassies in Kabul and Baghdad there seems to be an increasing acceptance and desire by State Department hierarchy to fully embrace and support the goals of the Diplomatic Security Service. Likewise, DS has been allowed a greater degree of independent action in administering itself and has been allowed to hire new agents at a rate that keeps overall numbers from slipping downward. Year 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar). ...
For other places with the same name, see Kabul (disambiguation). ...
Baghdad (Arabic: ) is the capital of Iraq and of Baghdad Governorate. ...
DS vs. DSS For people who do not work for the Department of State (DOS), there is much confusion about the relationship between the Bureau of Diplomatic Security (DS) and the Diplomatic Security Service. Within DOS there is little confusion, most employees not part of DS do not even realize there is a distinct difference between DS and DSS. The Bureau of Diplomatic Security, more commonly known as Diplomatic Security, or DS, includes the Diplomatic Security Service (DSS), DSs most high profile branch. ...
Within DOS, all employees who work for DS (the bureau) are referred to as DS employees. Even within DSS, agents refer to themselves as DS Agents. You’ll also find this usage in DOS press releases; although recently multi-agency press releases from the US Attorney’s offices use the technically correct Diplomatic Security Service.
Things get muddled even further when one looks at the assignments available to DS agents. Agents are frequently assigned to positions within DS (the bureau) but outside of the DSS chain of command hierarchy. This may seem a little counterintuitive but is a common practice within the Department of State. For example while assigned overseas, DOS employees are evaluated by their superiors at the embassy or consulate to which they are assigned. In the case of DS agents, the RSO (senior agent at post) is rated by the Deputy Chief of Mission and reviewed by the Chief of Mission. The DSS hierarchy in Washington has no input on the agent’s evaluation. This is only a technicality however; as agents frequently receive instructions from HQ and all agents know that going against HQ can have a detrimental effect on a career.
Directors - Clark Ditmer
- Mark Mulvey (1994-1996)
- Greg Bujac (1996-1999)
- Peter Bergin (1999 - 2003)
- Joe B. Morton (2003 - 2007)
- Gregory B. Starr (2007 - present)
Weapons used by agents Standard Issue Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1280 × 960 pixel, file size: 187 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) A picture taken of me and another agent during the introduction of the M4 into the Diplomatic Security Service standard weapons package. ...
Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1280 × 960 pixel, file size: 187 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) A picture taken of me and another agent during the introduction of the M4 into the Diplomatic Security Service standard weapons package. ...
Former weapons included the Uzi submachine gun and the mini-14 carbine. Stockless or 'shorty' versions of the Remington 870 shotgun may still be found in some DS offices. DS agents used to carry the S&W Model 19 revolver (357 cal.), but switched to 9 mm pistols around 1993. The Schweizerische Industrie Gesellschaft (SIG)-Sauer P226 is a full-sized, service type pistol originally chambered for 9 mm Luger. ...
The Sig P229 is a compact firearm, perfect for concealed carry, the standard version features a DA/SA trigger, but it is available also with a DAO trigger. ...
It has been suggested that Remington M870 Tactical be merged into this article or section. ...
Colts Manufacturing Company (CMC--formerly Colts Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company) is a United States firearms manufacturer founded in 1847. ...
The M4 Carbine is a family of firearms tracing its lineage back to earlier carbine versions of the M16, all based on the original AR-15 made by ArmaLite. ...
The Uzi is a compact, boxy, light-weight submachine gun. ...
The Mini-14 is a small, lightweight semi-automatic rifle manufactured by the U.S. firearms company Sturm, Ruger. ...
The S&W Model 19 is a revolver produced by Smith & Wesson with a 2. ...
Additional Issue
- M249 SAW machine gun
- M240 machine gun
- M203 grenade launcher
- Mark 19 grenade launcher
These and other weapons systems may be employed by DS agents assigned to high-threat locations. The agents going to those locations attend additional training before they are deployed. Caliber: 5. ...
M240B pictured Caliber: 7. ...
M203 generally refers to the U.S. Militarys designation for a single shot 40 mm grenade launcher that attaches to the M16 assault rifle or the M4 Carbine. ...
Mk19 40mm grenade launcher MK-19 40mm grenade launcher during MIL-EX 2003 Mk19 40mm grenade launcher with cover open and training ammunition loaded The Mk 19 Grenade Launcher is a belt-fed automatic 40mm grenade launcher or grenade machine gun entered U.S. military service during the Cold War...
Fictional references to DSS Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ...
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For the musician, see Tommy Lee. ...
Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ...
Snake Eyes is a crime thriller film directed by Brian De Palma, and featuring his trademark use of long tracking shots and split screens. ...
Nicolas Cage (born Nicholas Coppola on January 7, 1964) is an Academy Award-winning American actor. ...
Year 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar). ...
Patriot Games is a film based on the novel of the same name by Tom Clancy. ...
Harrison Ford (born July 13, 1942) is an American actor. ...
Year 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar). ...
Peter Weller (born June 24, 1947 in Stevens Point, Wisconsin) is an American film and stage actor and lecturer. ...
Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The Interpreter is a 2005 drama/thriller film, directed by Sydney Pollack and starring Nicole Kidman, Sean Penn, and Catherine Keener. ...
Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays full 2006 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The Second-in-Command (2i/c) is the deputy commander of any British Army unit, from battalion or regiment downwards. ...
Jean-Claude Van Damme (born Jean-Claude Camille François Van Varenberg in Sint-Agatha-Berchem, in the Brussels-Capital Region, on October 18, 1960), is a Belgian-born martial artist and actor who is best known for his large catalogue of action movies. ...
The Unit is an American action-drama television series that focuses on a top-secret special forces team and their missions abroad, in addition to the effect their careers have on their home lives, wives and girlfriends. ...
Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays full 2006 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Notes is the 250th day of the year (251st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
is the 197th day of the year (198th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ...
Sources - 1999 — On the Inside (Discovery Channel TV show) - State Department Protectors (Knightscenes Productions)
- 2000 — Investigative Reports (A&E TV show) - In the Line of Fire (44 Blue Productions)
- 2001 — Badges Without Borders (TLC TV show) - Inside the Diplomatic Security Service (Red Apple Entertainment Productions)
- 2002 — Relentless Pursuit: The DSS and the Manhunt for the Al-Qaeda Terrorists [1], Samuel M. Katz
- 2004 — True Warriors (History Channel TV Show) - Escape from Liberia (Wild Eyes Productions)
- 2005 — Heroes Under Fire (History Channel TV Show) - Caught in the Middle (Wild Eyes Productions)
- 2006 — Critical Threat — Life in the Bureau of Diplomatic Security (Wild Eyes Productions)
- 2007 — A Mighty Heart (film) - RSO Randall Bennett leads the team investigating Daniel Pearl's kidnapping and murder.
Year 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar). ...
2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ...
Also see: 2002 (number). ...
Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays full 2006 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ...
A Mighty Heart is a 2007 film adaptation of Mariane Pearls memoir, A Mighty Heart. ...
External links - Bureau of Diplomatic Security
- Diplomatic Security Special Agents Association
- Mobile Security Division
- Artikel bei http://www.defence-net.com (German)
See Also - Office of the Inspector General of the Department of State
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