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Jan 4, 2019 · Diplomatic Couriers. Bureau of Diplomatic Security. A diplomatic courier is a U.S. government official who is trained and credentialed by the Secretary of State to accompany classified materials across international borders. The Diplomatic Security Service has approximately 100 diplomatic couriers who ensure secure delivery of classified and ...
May 24, 2018 · Wright, a first sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps, was serving on diplomatic courier duty when he was among 24 passengers and crew who died in the crash of a Pan-American Airlines Boeing 314 ...
Nov 1, 2018 · Monique Atwood, Diplomatic Courier, U.S. Department of State Diplomatic Security Service My predecessors once rode the Orient Express through Europe, transporting classified diplomatic pouches to and from U.S. embassies and consulates behind the Iron Curtain. They traveled in jeeps through the desolate Khyber Pass, delivering classified and sensitive material from U.S. embassies in Pakistan ...
Sep 1, 2018 · Riding With the Diplomatic Couriers Who Deliver America's Secret Mail. The little-known Diplomatic Courier Service works like your interoffice mail system, but on a planetary scale, with complex ...
Mar 16, 2018 · Susan Shirley Carter (left), the first woman courier, reported for duty on November 01, 1972, more than half a century after the creation of the Diplomatic Courier Service.
During the Cold War, diplomatic courier Mike Kells must retrieve a dispatch containing top-secret intelligence. But when he arrives at the meeting point, a train station in Salzburg, his contact turns up dead, and the message is nowhere to be found. With no clear suspect in sight, Kells must sort through his uncertain relationships with two women, while sidestepping the pitfalls of subterfuge ...
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Nov 1, 2018 · 1776: First American Courier. On July 10, 1776, four days after the Declaration of Independence, the Continental Congress commissions the first diplomatic courier, Captain Peter Parker, as commander of the U.S. sailing brig named Dispatch to carry sensitive correspondence to France. 1776-1914: Dispatch Agent System. For nearly 140 years, the U.S. Department of State uses “bearers of […]
