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alp227

(32,003 posts)
Fri Apr 20, 2012, 02:51 AM Apr 2012

U.S. Expands Inquiry of Suspected Misconduct by Agents in Colombia

Source: NYT

The Secret Service’s investigation into alleged misconduct with prostitutes by agency personnel in advance of President Obama’s trip to Colombia last week has been expanded to determine if the misconduct was confined to the 11 employees who were first tied to the scandal, according to a senior American official.

“We have no reason to believe anything else happened, but we want to have a complete and thorough investigation to ensure this didn’t go any further,” said the senior official, who has been briefed on the inquiry and spoke on the condition of anonymity because the investigation was continuing.

The official said the widening inquiry included a review of agency personnel who had rooms at the Hilton Cartagena, where Mr. Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton stayed, as well as the Hotel Caribe, where the 11 agents and several military officers implicated in the scandal had rooms.

“They’re now talking to everyone,” the senior official said. “We’re taking this one step at a time.”

Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/20/world/americas/us-widens-inquiry-of-suspected-misconduct-by-secret-service-in-colombia.html?pagewanted=all

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U.S. Expands Inquiry of Suspected Misconduct by Agents in Colombia (Original Post) alp227 Apr 2012 OP
Misconduct by Agents... wait until they find out what the DEA has been up to... lib2DaBone Apr 2012 #1
Secret Service scandal 'prostitute' pictured for first time dipsydoodle Apr 2012 #2
Pregnant at 14. ronnie624 Apr 2012 #3
just another happy hooker, freely choosing to sell herself! Scout Apr 2012 #4
* ronnie624 Apr 2012 #5
yawn LiberalLovinLug Apr 2012 #6
If you are on assignment unionworks Apr 2012 #7
Colombia scandal claims three more Secret Service jobs dipsydoodle Apr 2012 #8
 

lib2DaBone

(8,124 posts)
1. Misconduct by Agents... wait until they find out what the DEA has been up to...
Fri Apr 20, 2012, 05:27 AM
Apr 2012

Colombia and the War on Drugs... they should scratch the surfce and see what they find...

LiberalLovinLug

(14,164 posts)
6. yawn
Fri Apr 20, 2012, 05:06 PM
Apr 2012

Men on long overseas jobs succumb to their baser desires and hire prostitutes. Like this is the first time in history this has happened. Even if you just confine it to the SS over the decades.

It's so obviously an attempt to throw a bit of mud at the Whitehouse and see if it sticks. Be curious to know who did the "investigative reporting" on the story. I think the throwers know full well that its not something that is a game changer, but its all about the cumulative effect. Add this to the many others coming down the pike this year.

 

unionworks

(3,574 posts)
7. If you are on assignment
Fri Apr 20, 2012, 05:34 PM
Apr 2012

...in Columbia, a hostile enviroment where they would just as soon kill you as look at you, you are charged with the security of the President, and you are going to fall for a honeytrap? Can you say BURN NOTICE?

dipsydoodle

(42,239 posts)
8. Colombia scandal claims three more Secret Service jobs
Fri Apr 20, 2012, 08:49 PM
Apr 2012

The US Secret Service has said three more employees are resigning over the prostitution scandal that overshadowed a summit in Colombia last weekend.

Supervisors David Chaney and Greg Stokes are among three agents already leaving the elite agency in the wake of the affair.

US President Barack Obama was briefed on Friday by Secret Service Director Mark Sullivan about the scandal.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-17794267

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