MILNET: Department of State - Diplomatic Security Service
Responsible for security within and around U.S. Diplomatic Missions, Embassies and Consulates, the DSS also provides intelligence and assistance as necessary to agencies whose mission intersects and compliments that of the DSS. For instance, visits of key public officials, U.S. or otherwise, may call on DSS Agents to interface with personal bodyguards and governmental protection details as well as logistics and other planning units.
The DSS offer information to the U.S. public in order to prevent the perception of some double standard...what the Department of State knows about threats to U.S. citizens, the citizen should know.
One of the interesting parts of the DSS job is analysis, and we offer two reports provided by the DSS as part of their anti-terrorist activities and provided by the Office of Intelligence and Threat Analysis (DS/DSS/ITA -- Department of State, Diplomatic Security Service, Intelligence and Threat Analysis):
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PDF Format
- 1996 Annual Report on Significant Incidences of Political Violence (906KB)
- 1995 Annual Report on Significant Incidences of Political Violence (1.3MB)