With about 2,500 active special agents, the DSS is responsible for four main missions: protecting US diplomats and foreign diplomats in the US, conducting passport and visa fraud investigations ...

DSS Special Agents are sworn federal law enforcement officers. A high-profile State Department diversity recruitment program, the Clarke DS Fellowship aims to attract qualified candidates to the ...

Karen Lass was named the deputy assistant secretary and assistant director of the U.S. Department of State’s Diplomatic Security Service (DSS) for international programs on October 15, 2024 according ...

US diplomats and the special agents assigned to protect them are confronting new challenges as geopolitical tensions increase around the world.

According to the State Department, the Diplomatic Security Service has more than 2,500 staff serving worldwide as special agents, security engineering officers, security technical specialists, and ...

Meet the special agent guarding the U.S. Olympic surfing team in Tahiti Diplomatic security agents will be watching over America's athletes at the Paris Olympics.

Follow special agents behind-the-scenes at the U.N. General Assembly The Diplomatic Security Service is the State Department's law enforcement and security wing that operates internationally and ...

CAPSTONE is an exercise that reinforces interagency integration between Department of State Diplomatic Security agents and United States Army Special Forces. The exercise focuses on U.S. Embassy ...