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hey buddy, you need to do a bit more basic research on govt agencies.  hop over to some govt websites and brush up on who does what.  the Federal Reserve is a govt entity.  Bernanke was appointed by Bush and reappointed by Obama.  in both cases, he was confirmed by the US Senate.

the Secret Service was formed by the US Govt in 1865 to deal with counterfeit currency.  in later years it took on the additional duties of the protection of high-ranking exec branch personal.  it is not "owned" by the Fed Reserve.

that chart you alluded to indicates the potential "influence" of certain high ranking bank officials with respect to govt agencies, mainly through appointments, etc of staff going from private business to working in the "public" sector.  I don't see anything about "ownership".  as we all know, many executives move back and forth between private sector and public sector jobs.

Bernanke came up through the educational ranks ... then moved into the public sector by govt appointment.

jeez man ... instead of hunting through all these obscure websites ... google a couple that end in ".gov".  like the Secret Service's website.  

dave