Secret Service shifts currency monitoring mission from cash to credit cards

The Secret Service was started to safeguard the nation's currency, but Special Agent Matt O'Neill joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin to talk about a shift in...

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The Secret Service was started to safeguard the nation’s currency. Since everyone uses credit cards even for 99-cent coffee, that currency mission has spread to credit transactions and in particular, those used to buy gasoline. Secret Service Special Agent Matt O’Neill joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin for the story.

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