The Secret Service's new Twitter feed: what to expect from this most clandestine of tweeting agencies.

The Secret Service's new Twitter feed: what to expect from this most clandestine of tweeting agencies.

The Secret Service's new Twitter feed: what to expect from this most clandestine of tweeting agencies.

Dubious and far-fetched ideas.
May 10 2011 2:11 PM

Tackling a Person of Interest

What to expect from the Secret Service's new Twitter feed.

This week, a new federal agency took to Twitter: the United States Secret ServiceSlate has managed to secure a preview of upcoming, soon-to-be-declassified content from this most clandestine of tweeting agencies—for your eyes only.

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Enjoying morning in undisclosed location.
10:05 a.m.

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Tackling person of interest in undisclosed location.
10:07 a.m.

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Performing a classified act.
10:10 a.m

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Performing a classified act.
10:19 a.m

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@ PressSec TMI.
10:25 a.m

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Using some judo on some counterfeiters!
10:47 a.m

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Renegade is secure.
10:07 a.m

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Renegade is secure.
11:18 a.m

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Renegade is on the move.
11:30 a.m

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Renegade is secure.
11:41 a.m

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Waiting outside men's room.
11:47 a.m

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@ JoeBiden Stop that. We can see you doing that.
11:51 a.m

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Waiting outside men's room.
11:55 a.m

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Dialing my ear phone on my other phone. # ImportantBusiness
12:02 p.m.

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Speaking into wrist: 'Whan that Aprille ...'
12:07 p.m.

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Hands crossed, standing still, feeling good.
12:14 p.m.

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Doing various top-secret things.
12:35 p.m.

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Eating a sandwich through my sleeve.
1:30 p.m.

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Escorting Renaissance to undisclosed vegetable location.
2:00 p.m.

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Tackling a zucchini.
2:00 p.m.

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Zucchini cleared.
2:03 p.m.

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Escorting Renaissance to undisclosed small-children school.
2:25 p.m.

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Child of interest brandishing scissors.
2:34 p.m.

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Tackling child of interest.
2:35 p.m.

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Nerve-pinching child into temporary paralysis.
2:34 p.m.

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Child whimpering, cleared.
2:34 p.m.

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Hands crossed, standing still, feeling good.
2:45 p.m.

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Running really fast.
3:01 p.m.

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Running not so fast.
3:05 p.m.

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Still running, eating undisclosed Larabar from sleeve.
3:11 p.m.

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Hands crossed, standing still, feeling good.
3:15 p.m.

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At ease.
3:30 p.m.

Nathan Heller worked at Slate from 2008 through 2011. He is a staff writer at the New Yorker and a contributing editor at Vogue.