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Newsjock

(11,733 posts)
Thu Nov 14, 2013, 12:35 AM Nov 2013

Two Secret Service agents cut from Obama’s detail after alleged misconduct

Source: Washington Post

A call from the Hay-Adams hotel this past spring reporting that a Secret Service agent was trying to force his way into a woman’s room set in motion an internal investigation that has sent tremors through an agency still trying to restore its elite reputation.

The incident came a year after the agency was roiled by a prostitution scandal in Cartagena, Colombia, prompting vows from senior officials to curb a male-dominated culture of hard partying and other excesses.

... The disruption at the Hay-Adams in May involved Ignacio Zamora Jr., a senior supervisor who oversaw about two dozen agents in the Secret Service’s most elite assignment — the president’s security detail. Zamora was allegedly discovered attempting to reenter a woman’s room after accidentally leaving behind a bullet from his service weapon. The incident has not been previously reported.

In a follow-up investigation, agency officials also found that Zamora and another supervisor, Timothy Barraclough, had sent sexually suggestive e-mails to a female subordinate, according to those with knowledge of the case. Officials have removed Zamora from his position and moved Barraclough off the detail to a separate part of the division, people familiar with the case said.


Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/two-secret-service-supervisors-cut-from-obamas-detail-after-alleged-misconduct/2013/11/13/c736638c-48a8-11e3-a196-3544a03c2351_story.html

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Two Secret Service agents cut from Obama’s detail after alleged misconduct (Original Post) Newsjock Nov 2013 OP
As we speak Issa is preparing an investigation rpannier Nov 2013 #1
Skynyrd: Gimme Back My Bullets Tx4obama Nov 2013 #2
Fuckers killed Kennedy too. AAO Nov 2013 #3
i doubt these guys were old enough. loli phabay Nov 2013 #4
LOL - I meant the Secret Service. AAO Nov 2013 #6
i know i was being sarcastic at the conspiracy thing, lol. it had to be said did it not. loli phabay Nov 2013 #7
In keeping with DU's humor standards, the answer is surely YES! AAO Nov 2013 #14
But it was an accident ....... marble falls Nov 2013 #8
Did I forget to say it was an accident? Sorry. But his head was still blown open by the SS. AAO Nov 2013 #15
I think Ocham might have approved of this theory as opposed to all the others that required .... marble falls Nov 2013 #20
No different that Zapruder being the only person that caught the headshot. AAO Nov 2013 #23
Praetorian Guard PeoViejo Nov 2013 #5
Who knew that SS agents were so frisky? Beacool Nov 2013 #9
frisky is common in high stress jobs such as these, you have days of boredom then extreme stress loli phabay Nov 2013 #10
I understand, but you hardly ever see women doing something similar. Beacool Nov 2013 #11
women are just as bad, guys i hate so say it are just dumber aboit this stuff loli phabay Nov 2013 #12
Well, I do have to agree with that....... Beacool Nov 2013 #13
I've personally experienced carnal knowledge of 2 of the 3 you mentioned. Never been to Germany. AAO Nov 2013 #17
Wise guy!!!!! Beacool Nov 2013 #18
Men, Men, Men, Men, Manly Men! AAO Nov 2013 #16
You deserved to be spanked with a wet noodle!!! Beacool Nov 2013 #19
Sorry - I just couldn't let that one pass. AAO Nov 2013 #24
That's OK......... Beacool Nov 2013 #25
He left his bullet behind? Who is this, Barney Fife? rug Nov 2013 #21
Kick n/t Tx4obama Nov 2013 #22

rpannier

(24,329 posts)
1. As we speak Issa is preparing an investigation
Thu Nov 14, 2013, 12:43 AM
Nov 2013

and faux news will provide all the facts we need to know

Tx4obama

(36,974 posts)
2. Skynyrd: Gimme Back My Bullets
Thu Nov 14, 2013, 12:44 AM
Nov 2013




(chorus)
Gimme back my bullets
Put 'em back where they belong
Ain't foolin' around 'cause I done had my fun
Ain't gonna see no more damage done
Gimme back, gimme back my bullets
Oh, put 'em back... where they belong

marble falls

(57,055 posts)
8. But it was an accident .......
Thu Nov 14, 2013, 10:15 AM
Nov 2013
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2380691/President-JFK-documentary-alleges-WAS-second-shooter-assassination--Secret-Service-agent.html

New JFK documentary alleges there WAS a second shooter in the assassination... and he was a Secret Service agent who shot the president by ACCIDENT

Film alleges that Agent George Hickey accidentally shot Kennedy in the head
It is based on the work of veteran Australian police detective who has spent four years investigating the assassination
The government then covered up the Secret Service role, it is claimed, to save the agency from embarrassment
 

AAO

(3,300 posts)
15. Did I forget to say it was an accident? Sorry. But his head was still blown open by the SS.
Thu Nov 14, 2013, 02:16 PM
Nov 2013

(if you believe yet another CT)

marble falls

(57,055 posts)
20. I think Ocham might have approved of this theory as opposed to all the others that required ....
Thu Nov 14, 2013, 07:00 PM
Nov 2013

so many other participants to hold their silence and hide their trails. Its the first alternative that seems plausible to me.

But how that never made it on any of all the cameras pointed from all all over Dealy Plaza is a problem.

 

AAO

(3,300 posts)
23. No different that Zapruder being the only person that caught the headshot.
Fri Nov 15, 2013, 09:09 AM
Nov 2013

I think this theory - with all the witnesses, sounds like what likely did happen.

 

PeoViejo

(2,178 posts)
5. Praetorian Guard
Thu Nov 14, 2013, 09:55 AM
Nov 2013

Bad things happen when people get a License to Kill.

The Secret Service is a lot dirtier organization than people would even imagine.

Beacool

(30,247 posts)
9. Who knew that SS agents were so frisky?
Thu Nov 14, 2013, 10:22 AM
Nov 2013

I bet that this type of behavior has been going on for decades. Boys will be boys....and all that malarkey.

 

loli phabay

(5,580 posts)
10. frisky is common in high stress jobs such as these, you have days of boredom then extreme stress
Thu Nov 14, 2013, 10:48 AM
Nov 2013

Its not the first or last time that people in these sort of cycles do dumb stuff to blow of steam.

Beacool

(30,247 posts)
11. I understand, but you hardly ever see women doing something similar.
Thu Nov 14, 2013, 10:58 AM
Nov 2013

Were any SS women caught in a sex scandal? Look at politicians, how many of them have misbehaved? Some have survived the subsequent scandal and some have not, but can you imagine a Nancy Pelosi, Hillary Clinton, Angela Merkel or any other high caliber woman risking everything over a fling? At the moment I can't even think of one.

Beacool

(30,247 posts)
13. Well, I do have to agree with that.......
Thu Nov 14, 2013, 11:43 AM
Nov 2013

I knew girls in college that had more than one boyfriend and the guys never figured it out. I still think, though, that most high powered women would not risk losing something they worked so hard to achieve over a brief fling. There's still a double standard and they know that they would have to pay a high price if caught.

 

AAO

(3,300 posts)
17. I've personally experienced carnal knowledge of 2 of the 3 you mentioned. Never been to Germany.
Thu Nov 14, 2013, 02:19 PM
Nov 2013
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