Something is very wrong here. The SS never seems to have scandals, yet here we are. Something is not right. My first thought was it was due to affirmative action, which is awful to comtemplate for such an important part of the gov. The other is it is a setup.
A SS agent doing pre-visit security for an Asia-Pacific economic summit in Hawaii in Nov 2011 was off-duty but was drinking at a bar while carrying a loaded gun. He got into a fight with a local, followed the guy to a McDonalds, argued (including saying “Do you want to get shot?”) and started a fight there by karate-kicking him in the chest, and ended up shooting the guy in the middle of the wrestling that ensued. There was surveillance video of the whole thing. The police charged him with 2nd-degree murder. He paid $250,000 bail. Claimed he acted in self-defense.
Immediately his boss sent out a memo to the whole department, telling them anything they wrote that could be seen by the public would have to be given approval first, and anything they wrote even on private accounts could be used in the trial. IOW, nobody talks.
He posted $250,000 bail and in late December got permission from the judge to move back to his home in Arlington, VA so he could continue to work at the State Department in a desk job, provided that he didn’t carry a gun and stayed within 100 miles of his home. The judge said the State Department would make sure he didn’t skip his trial, which has been delayed until September of 2012.
IIRC, the State Department is paying for his defense.
Contrast that with this scenario.
Something definitely DOES stink...