Editing United States Secret Service (section)

===Protective mission===
The Secret Service is tasked with ensuring the safety of the [[president of the United States]], the [[Vice President of the United States|vice president of the United States]], the [[president-elect of the United States]], the [[Vice President-elect of the United States|vice president-elect of the United States]], and their immediate families; [[List of Presidents of the United States|former presidents]], their spouses and their children under the age of 16; those in the [[United States presidential line of succession|presidential line of succession]], major presidential and vice-presidential [[candidates]] and their spouses; and visiting foreign heads of state and heads of government. By custom, it also provides protection to the [[United States Secretary of the Treasury|secretary of the treasury]] and [[United States Secretary of Homeland Security|secretary of homeland security]], as well as other people as directed by the president (usually the [[White House Chief of Staff|White House chief of staff]] and [[National Security Advisor (United States)|national security advisor]], among others). Former Secret Service director [[Kimberly Cheatle]] told the congressional oversight committee that as of July 22, 2024 the secret service has a total of 36 protectees. By federal statute, the president and vice president may not refuse this protection.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bauer |first1=Bob |last2=Goldsmith |first2=Jack |date=2020 |title=After Trump: Reconstructing the Presidency |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1198233124 |location=Washington, DC |publisher=Lawfare Press |page=67 |isbn=978-1-7354806-1-9|oclc=1198233124 }}</ref> The Secret Service also provides physical security for the [[White House|White House Complex]]; the neighboring [[United States Department of the Treasury|Treasury Department]] building; the [[Number One Observatory Circle|vice president's residence]]; the principal private residences of the president, vice president and former presidents; and all foreign diplomatic missions in [[Washington, D.C.]] The protective mission includes protective operations to coordinate manpower and logistics with state and local [[law enforcement]] in the US, protective advances to conduct site and venue assessments for protectees, and protective intelligence to investigate all manners of threats made against protectees. The Secret Service is the lead agency in charge of the planning, coordination, and implementation of security operations for events designated as [[National Special Security Event|National Special Security Events]] (NSSE). As part of the service's mission of preventing an incident before it occurs, the agency relies on advance work and threat assessments developed by its Intelligence Division to identify potential risks to protectees.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.secretservice.gov/protection/|title=United States Secret Service: Protective Mission|publisher=Secretservice.gov|access-date=September 20, 2017|archive-date=April 25, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180425225705/https://www.secretservice.gov/protection/|url-status=live}} {{PD-notice}}</ref>