U.S. Expands Inquiry of Suspected Misconduct by Agents in Colombia
Source: NYT
The Secret Services investigation into alleged misconduct with prostitutes by agency personnel in advance of President Obamas 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 didnt 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.
Theyre now talking to everyone, the senior official said. Were 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
lib2DaBone
(8,124 posts)Colombia and the War on Drugs... they should scratch the surfce and see what they find...
dipsydoodle
(42,239 posts)ronnie624
(5,764 posts)Too bad.
Scout
(8,624 posts)LiberalLovinLug
(14,164 posts)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)...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)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