22. Believe it or not, the United States Secret Service actually gave birth to the FBI. In 1908, the attorney general hired nine Secret Service agents and commissioned them as “special agents of the Justice Department”. Eventually, these special agents would be seen as the heart of the Bureau of Investigation and later would be called the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
22. Believe it or not, the United States Secret Service actually gave birth to the FBI. In 1908, the attorney general hired nine Secret Service agents and commissioned them as “special agents of the Justice Department”. Eventually, these special agents would be seen as the heart of the Bureau of Investigation and later would be called the Federal Bureau of Investigation.