We had always contemplated bring in Ron Butterfield from West Wing, but at first couldn’t quite figure exactly how. Then it hit us, to actually take him back to the beginning of the Secret Service.
Okay history time. As I’ve been doing a lot of research into the Secret Service, this ended up playing directly into Ron’s history.
The Secret Service didn’t exist July 1865 after Lincoln was Assassinated, it was realized that there needed to be a group of people who were dedicating in protecting the President. Before hand there was the Pinkerton Agency that conducted investigations.
In the history of the Department, they has never been enough money, staff or resources. It’s almost been seen as ‘oh yes them we forgot about them’. The Secret Service is supposed to be non-partisan and do their job despite the politics. There are infamous stories relating back to some of the things they’ve seen and done.
So it worked for Sylum to move Ron back to the days before the Secret Service, and into the makings of what the Secret Service has become today.
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