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| Authored by: odysseus on Wednesday, January 16 2013 @ 08:15 AM EST |
I'm no expert on us federal jurisdiction, but I suspect JSTOR is designated as a
Federal government database, and any breach of security of a Federal government
asset may possibly fall under the Secret Service's remit.[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, January 16 2013 @ 08:23 AM EST |
As I explained in a reply above, the Secret Service is the Special Investigative
arm of the Treasury Department, just as the FBI is the Special Investigative arm
of the justice Department, as is NCIS the Special Investigative arm of the
Department of the Navy.
Besides the high profile task of guarding high profile government officials like
the President and Vice President, they have many other responsibilities, mostly
around investigating and enforcing crimes that fall under the jurisdiction of
the Treasury Department, like Counterfeiting US currency, Bank Fraud, theft of
credit cards, Identity Theft for monetary purposes and other crimes involving US
currency.
If the Justice Department discovered at some point that there was potentially
some sort of crime related to something that was under the jurisdiction of the
Treasury Department, the Secret Service would get involved in the case. This is
normal for such cases.[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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