References in Popular Culture
- 1992: Patriot Games—DSS agents are killed during an attack by terrorists at Jack Ryan's home.
- 1998: U.S. Marshals—Robert Downey, Jr. plays a rogue DSS agent who is after one of his own, portrayed by Wesley Snipes.
- 1999: The New Jackals: Ramzi Yousef, Osama bin Laden and the Future of Terrorism (book), by Simon Reeve (UK Television presenter)
- 1999: On the Inside (Discovery Channel TV show)—"State Department Protectors" (Knightscenes Productions)
- 2000: Investigative Reports (A&E TV show)—"In the Line of Fire" (44 Blue Productions)
- 2001: Badges Without Borders (TLC TV show)—"Inside the Diplomatic Security Service" (Red Apple Entertainment Productions)
- 2002: Relentless Pursuit: The DSS and the Manhunt for the Al-Qaeda Terrorists (book) by Samuel M. Katz (ISBN 0765309106)
- 2003: Targeted: Volume 1, The Evil Genius (Ramzi Yousef) (Wild Eyes Productions for the History Channel; A&E Networks)
- 2004: Heroes Under Fire (History Channel TV show), "Escape from Liberia" (Wild Eyes Productions)
- 2005: Heroes Under Fire (History Channel TV show), "Caught in the Middle" (Wild Eyes Productions)—DSS/MSD in Haiti
- 2006: Critical Threat: Life in the Bureau of Diplomatic Security (Wild Eyes Productions)
- 2006: The Unit Season 2, "Force Majeure" (TV action drama). The team goes in as DSS special agents to evacuate an exiled dictator from an American hospital during a hurricane.
- 2007: A Mighty Heart—DSS Special Agent Randall Bennett leads the team investigating Daniel Pearl's kidnapping and murder.
- 2008: Ghost: Confessions of a Counterterrorism Agent—A memoir by former DSS Special Agent Fred Burton in which he chronicles his service in the DSS counterterrorism branch.
- 2010: Inside the State Department, National Geographic Channel.
- 2011: Fast Five—Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson plays U.S. Diplomatic Security Service special agent Luke Hobbs, who leads a team of other DSS agents hunting U.S. fugitives in Rio de Janeiro.
- 2012: NCIS: Los Angeles, "Partners", After a DSS diplomatic courier van transporting an unknown package from the State Department is hijacked, the NCIS team must determine who committed the crime and what has gone missing.
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