...robbeed?
Posted on 11/21/2006 3:56:24 PM PST by dogbyte12
First Daughter Barbara Bush had her purse and cell phone stolen as she had dinner in a restaurant in Buenos Aires, Argentina, even though she was being guarded by a detail of Secret Service agents, according to law enforcement reports made available to ABC News.
It was not the only mishap on the two-week trip to Argentina by Barbara (right) and her twin sister Jenna (left).
A Secret Service agent on the advance detail got into an "altercation" with someone after a night out and was badly beaten, according to the law enforcement reports. The Secret Service said today the incident was an attempted mugging that occurred while the agent was on his own time. The agent is doing fine.
The purse snatching took place on Barbara's first night in town while she was dining in the picturesque San Telmo neighborhood. According to the reports, the Secret Service agents failed to notice the incident.
The Secret Service would not comment on the purse snatching, and the First Lady’s office said they would not comment on any personal trip made by the daughters. There have been recent reports, however, that Jenna Bush has been living and working in Panama as an intern for UNICEF.
How in the world can a Secret Service Agent lose in a street fight?
It only happened once.
I was late for a bus to Tijuana from Mexico City so I accepted a ride from a stranger to the bus station. He didn't take me there. We chatted and chatted and when I realized we were heading for Coyoacan and not the bus station, I kicked the door open from the moving car as it made a slow pass, grabbed by stuff and ran as fast and far as I could. I got away. Then after I hid on the side of a leafy house, I came out and found a real cab. I still have the guy's name somewhere. I wonder what became of him.
Did I read that right ... the SS Agent got beat up???
~GCR~
I don't think they'd be rewarded for screwing up. More likely the poor fools will be stuck in Virginia.
U.S. First Daughter Barbara Bush had her purse and cellphone stolen while in Buenos Aires, according to a report.
ABC News reported Wednesday that law enforcement reports indicated the theft occurred at a restaurant despite the 25-year-old being under the detail of Secret Service agents.
Bush and twin sister Jenna were in Argentina on a two-week trip, though the purpose of their visit was not known.
The theft reportedly took place on the first night of the trip, in the San Telmo district of Buenos Aires.
It was also reported that during the trip a Secret Service agent was beaten after an altercation, though officials told ABC the incident was a mugging that occurred while the agent was off duty...
They would be better off career wise to transfer to the TSA.
I would hate to be the detail honcho and have to explain both incidents to the mucky mucks.
My brother returned from Argentina recently and he kept commenting on how safe it is there.
You can't escape crime anywhere, I suppose.
I would have guessed diplomat chasing thug Chavez first. Oh well.
You're right. They seem like normal, happy girls. Fake ID's? I thought every kid has one of those in college!
Ahhhh they'll just transfer his butt to the BATFE....anywhere they're planning the next Ruby Ridge...or Waco....
...robbeed?
"Those guys have the waiter paid off along with the bus boys and they all work as a team."
Interesting. Maybe that's why it went unnoticed by the SS. Only the restaurant workers were nearby.
The rest of us are being robbed by Mexico..
Yeah. If you can snatch a purse, you can drop a bomb in one. Bad bad juju.
Read the comments by readers of the website. Totally sick, immoral, angry losers. This is what we are up against. Those "all-caring" libs.
They could just as easily put something IN the purse -- such as an explosive device.
Jenna appears to be a bit, ummm, chilly
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