Referencing the "...go the way of Customs" quote from before, I think he was referring to the fact that Customs was merged with INS to form ICE., a new agency. Over two hundred years of tradition was washed away with that move. Customs was one of the best jobs in federal law enforcement and now it is no more. Both the USSS and Customs were brought into the DHS fold, but Customs was done away with while the USSS was allowed to remain intact.

Sooner or later (probably sooner), the USSS will lose the name and traditions that have been around since 1865. There is a large belief out there that the agency will be moved under the new Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) aspect of ICE and will basically be the Office of Protective Operations within DHS and do nothing but protection.