Based upon your reading of the following paragraph, what conclusions can you draw about how the development of U.S. law enforcement agencies affects jurisdiction of those agencies?President Abraham Lincoln signed the legislation creating the Secret Service in 1865. Created for the purpose of policing broader frauds against the government, the Secret Service originally focused on counterfeiting. The Secret Service also investigated smugglers, individuals perpetrating land or real-estate fraud, distillers of illegal liquor, and the Ku Klux Klan. In 1894, the protective duties of the Secret Service began informally with agents providing part-time protection to President Grover Cleveland. Following the assassination of President William McKinley, Congress informally requested presidential security service. In 1902, the Secret Service assumed full time responsibility for protecting the president and his family. In 1908, this protection was also extended to the president-elect. In 1913, Congress authorized permanent protection of the president. Following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, the Secret Service also became responsible for protecting presidential and vice-presidential nominees and candidates, and the widows of presidents.
National Security Letters under Title V of the Patriot Act _____.
The scope of the authority and power held by an agency is called _____.
Currently which are the two agencies of the INS, or Immigration and Naturalization Service?
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