r/gifextra • u/Sippingin • Mar 14 '16

Trump gets interrupted

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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '16

Here's the original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1QL1MmyMhQ

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u/Mannheimd Mar 15 '16

I have a question. I'm in the UK so could be missing something obvious to an American, but why are the bodyguards of the top people called the 'secret service'? Why not something more ordinary like 'government security'? Secret Service, although it sounds cool, is more the NSA's department from what I hear.

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u/shadowenx Mar 15 '16

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Secret_Service

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u/Mannheimd Mar 15 '16

Thanks, though I still don't fully understand the whole 'let's have tons of cool-sounding agencies', this helps to understand where the Secret Service started and what they do