Posted on 11/14/2012 3:47:50 AM PST by Timber Rattler
Jill Kelley, the Tampa socialite connected to ISAF Commander John Allen and former CIA Director David Petraeus, is an "honorary consul" of South Korea, a diplomatic official with direct knowledge of the arrangement told The Cable.
"She is an ‘honorary consul' of the Republic of Korea," the official said. "She assumed this position last August thanks to her good connections and network."
The position of honorary consul is symbolic and has no official responsibilities, the official said.
"She does not work as a real consul. They play a role to improve the relationship between the ROK and the U.S.," the official said. "Jill Kelley helped to get support for [the Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement] and she arranged meetings between the ROK Ambassador to Washington and local businessmen when the ROK Ambassador visited the Tampa area."
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Kelley does drive a Mercedes sedan with license plates that say "Honorary Consul," and she invoked her honorary diplomatic status in a Nov. 11 911 call when she was complaining about trespassers on her private property.
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Regret double post. Blankety-blank iPad.
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I once had a Top Secret Clearance.
I never saw such abuses of clearances as we are seeing now.
I remember sitting at a bar not far from base and having people questioning me in a nonchalant manner, and I was expected to report them. Got in trouble if I didn’t because security agents were testing us.Don’t we have people checking up on clearances these days?
Seems covering ones own ass and political aspirations are more important than our national security these days. I’ve held a security clearance as well and you didn’t open your mouth lest you would be pulled in for questioning and possibly charged with treason if the leaked information was too damaging or got someone killed. Seems like the president doesn’t have to play by the same rules and is exempt. I’m sure there are some Seal team member’s parents that are mad as hell about “leaks” that appear to have come from the WH for “political reasons” that got their sons killed.
leftards are impressed with their titles of nobility:
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/honorary/index?tab=articles
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