Unfortunately, however, sources say that the courage of the generally early career stage agents responsible has gone unnoticed by DSS leadership. No supervisors attended the scene, and no public ...

A mix of five active and recently retired Diplomatic Security Service agents said that the State Department’s primary security service is failing its criminal investigation mission and is beset by ...

Foreign governments have begun reopening their embassies in Kyiv. The US is among them, sending a new ambassador and other diplomats back to the Ukrainian capital. The Diplomatic Security Service is ...

The Diplomatic Security Service traditionally focused on protecting diplomats, helping secure overseas missions and managing background checks. Now it is doing beat-cop work. By Edward Wong Reporting ...

The bomb exploded just feet from the motorcade, trapping two American security agents inside a burning vehicle. Special Agent Philip Rand Jr. of the Diplomatic Security Service along with three other ...

The terrorists threw everything they had at the U.S. consulate: a truck bomb, grenades, rockets, mortars and 15 black-clad attackers armed with AK-47s, including one fighter strapped with a suicide ...

Twice in the last month, Los Angeles and Beverly Hills police have had to reach out to the U.S. State Department regarding incidents involving foreign nationals who may have diplomatic immunity. After ...

The situation for French spies stationed in Africa has become increasingly perilous, even when they are officially registered with local authorities. In 2024 alone, France had to negotiate with ...

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Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK. Boris Becker is best known as a champion tennis player. But it has now emerged that he has a political life. Since ...