What is "secret service"

Secret service \Se"cret serv"ice\ The detective service of a government. In the United States, in time of peace the bureau of secret service is under the treasury department, and in time of war it aids the war department in securing information concerning the movements of the enemy.

n. A governmental agency that deals with espionage and other acts of secrecy.

Secret Service may refer to:

• Secret service, an umbrella term for various kinds of police or intelligence organizations
  • United States Secret Service, a security and law enforcement agency
  • Confederate Secret Service, a number of secret service operations by the Confederate States of America (1861–1865)
  • South African Secret Service, an intelligence agency
• Secret Service (band), Swedish pop group of the 1980s
• Secret Service (video game), a computer game released in 2001
• Secret Service (2008 video game)
• Secret Service (TV series), 1990s American television series
• The Secret Service, 1969 British children's television series
• Secret Service (film), a 1931 American Civil War spy film starring Richard Dix
• Secret Service (pinball), a 1988 pinball machine by manufacturer Data East
• The Secret Service (comics), a 2012–2013 comic book miniseries by Mark Millar and Dave Gibbons
• Kingsman: The Secret Service, a 2015 film

Secret Service is a budget-title first-person tactical shooter computer game released in 2001. The title's disclaimer states that it is in no way affiliated with or approved by the United States Secret Service.

Secret Service is a Swedish new wave/ pop band, popular in the early 1980s. In 1979, Ola Håkansson, former vocalist of Ola & the Janglers and then a publishing manager at Sonet Records, teamed up with Tim Norell and Ulf Wahlberg as Ola+3 to write a few songs that they submitted to the 1979 Melodifestivalen, a popular contest which is the Swedish qualification to the Eurovision Song Contest. Ola+3 did not win but the members decided to continue working together and changed their band's name to Secret Service. Besides Ola Håkansson (vocals), Tim Norell and Ulf Wahlberg (keyboards), the original lineup also included Tony Lindberg (guitars), Leif Paulsen (bass) and Leif Johansson (drums).

Norell, who penned along with Håkansson most songs of the band, did not however appear with them on stage or on the album covers. Secret Service's first single " Oh Susie" became a hit in Sweden and several other countries in Europe, in South America and Australia. Their album of the same title included another hit, " Ten O'Clock Postman", which went gold in Sweden. Other successes followed, with their synthpop number "Flash in the Night" in 1982 (their greatest success) hitting charts all over continental Europe. In the mid-'1980s, Norell and Håkansson started writing and producing songs for other artists. Ola Håkansson's duet with ex- ABBA's Agnetha Fältskog, " The Way You Are", became a gold single in Sweden.

In 1987, Håkansson, Norell and Wahlberg released Aux Deux Magots, their last album as Secret Service. The other members of the band had quit by then and were replaced by multi-instrumentalist Anders Hansson and bassist Mats A. Lindberg. Håkansson would become Norell's partner with Army of Lovers' Alexander Bard in what would be known as the Megatrio, a Swedish equivalent to Stock-Aitken-Waterman known as Norell Oson Bard. In 1992, Håkansson and his associates established Stockholm Records as a joint venture with PolyGram. They produced such artists as Army of Lovers and The Cardigans, among others.

Secret Service is an American action drama television series, created by Gilbert M. Shilton and George Mendeluk, which premiered on NBC on August 16, 1992 and ended on November 17, 1993. The show was a re-enactment of real Secret Service cases. It aired 21 episodes. It was hosted by Steven Ford, the youngest son of former United States President Gerald Ford and First Lady Betty Ford.

Secret Service is the second pinball machine that was produced by Data East Pinball. It featured an Americanized James Bond style theme.

Secret Service is a lost 1919 American silent American Civil War drama film starring Robert Warwick and directed by Hugh Ford. It was produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures.

Secret Service is a 1931 American drama film directed by J. Walter Ruben and written by Bernard Schubert. The film based on a play by William Gillette, stars Richard Dix, William Post Jr., Shirley Grey, Nance O'Neil and Harold Kinney. The film was released on November 14, 1931, by RKO Pictures.

Secret Service was a Polish monthly magazine for gaming and consoles published from 1993-2001 by the publishing house ProScript. The first issue of the magazine hit the newsstands on 16 March 1993. The initiators and founders of the magazine were Martin Przasnyski and Waldemar Smith, who had previously worked for Top Secret. The magazine disbanded after 95 issues. The magazine was reactivated in 2014 but only for 2 issues.

Secret Service, (also known as Secret Service: Ultimate Sacrifice) is a first-person shooter video game, developed by Cauldron HQ and published by Activision Value for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2 and Xbox 360. It is set in Washington D.C. on Inauguration Day, where the player assumes the role of an elite agent named Pierce, whose task is to eliminate enemies to prevent them from attacking the capitol. The game uses the CloakNT in-game engine. The game was released in North America on and was released in Europe on .