Posted on 10/08/2014 7:07:51 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar
As nearly two dozen Secret Service agents and members of the military were punished or fired following a 2012 prostitution scandal in Colombia, Obama administration officials repeatedly denied that anyone from the White House was involved.
But new details drawn from government documents and interviews show that senior White House aides were given information at the time suggesting that a prostitute was an overnight guest in the hotel room of a presidential advance-team member — yet that information was never thoroughly investigated or publicly acknowledged.
The information that the Secret Service shared with the White House included hotel records and firsthand accounts — the same types of evidence the agency and military relied on to determine who in their ranks was involved.
The Secret Service shared its findings twice in the weeks after the scandal with top White House officials, including then-White House Counsel Kathryn Ruemmler. Each time, she and other presidential aides conducted an interview with the advance-team member and concluded that he had done nothing wrong.
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ping.
Nieland added that his superiors told him “to withhold and alter certain information in the report of investigation because it was potentially embarrassing to the administration.”
Most transparent administration in history.
In the WaPo, no less. My, my...
Liars, manipulators and frauds that make the Nixon White House look like a bunch of Cub Scouts.
Where is the media? No Woodward and Bernstein here. They are so in the tank that this gap in analysis and narrative is of major historical significance. It will be a dramatic hole when the history is written. They cannot be trusted.
Common street thugs — nothing more or less.
EVERY MAN FOR HIMSELF!!!
Said it a long time ago. They can’t hold it together indefinitely. The rats are jumping lots of ships thanks to ISIS and Ebola.
the house of cards is starting to fall day by day crisis by crisis. libs eating their own and i love it!
Mike
Hard to believe the Washington Post is putting this out right before the midterms.
Wait till it leaks out that Barry hired a cabana boy on a few of those trips himself.
These people who misuse sacred public money from hard working taxpayers will one day have to answer to God for their theft, abuse of the public’s trust and prostitution.
Once stories like this start appearing in the WAPO, it won’t take long before the administration will no longer be able to control the narrative.
This administration lacks the intellectual maturity to absorb these blows.
I’m waiting for Mossad to dish the dirt on the male prostitution scandal... going right to Obola himself!
Come on Bibi. You know you want to. Release the gold.
I’d be more impressed if they put some effort into investigating the IRS.
TTIWWOP
The District of Corruption is loaded with pimps, hos and hustlers.
This is a huge story. FReepers should read this through to the end for every detail.
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