Tony looses all his preconceived notions of Columbia as he makes his way across Cartegena and Medellin.
*woot*
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Posted on 04/13/2012 11:43:16 PM PDT by kcvl
CARTAGENA, Colombia — Up to a dozen Secret Service agents in Colombia for President Barack Obama’s trip there have been relieved of their duties amid allegations of misconduct. The Secret Service did not detail the accusations but said they did not affect security for the president, who landed in the country Friday for a weekend at the Summit of the Americas.
The Associated Press reported that the allegations involved prostitutes. A senior official told Fox News they were serious enough to require mediation by diplomats. “There have been allegations of misconduct made against Secret Service personnel in Cartagena, Colombia prior to the President’s trip. Because of this, those personnel are being relieved of their assignments, returned to their place of duty, and are being replaced by other Secret Service personnel,” Edwin Donovan, Secret Service spokesman, said in a statement.
(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...
CARTAGENA, Colombia (AP) — A dozen Secret Service agents sent to Colombia to provide security for President Barack Obama at an international summit have been relieved of duty because of allegations of misconduct.
A Secret Service spokesman did not dispute a tip received by The Associated Press that the misconduct involved prostitutes in Cartagena, Colombia, the site of the Summit of the Americas.
A U.S. official, who was not authorized to speak publicly on the matter and requested anonymity, put the number of agents at 12. The agency was not releasing the number of personnel involved.
The Washington Post reported that Jon Adler, president of the Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association, said the accusations related to at least one agent having involvement with prostitutes in Cartagena. The association represents federal law enforcement officers, including the Secret Service.
Ronald Kessler, a former Post reporter and the author of a book about the Secret Service, told the Post that he had learned that 12 agents were involved, several of them married.
The incident threatened to overshadow Obama’s economic and trade agenda at the summit and embarrass the U.S. The White House had no comment.
Their life is totally be cool and on the sly.
There's more to this than what's being let out.
LMAO... let the leaks begin. Surely they have wood on the Obama’s. ;>)
Personal details would be interesting but we will never get any.
Drudge headline: CHAVEZ COMING?
Amen to every bit of your post. Something stinks to high heaven over this. Just does not pass the smell test.
Diplomats? Mediating something involving prostitutes and Secret Service agents?
LOL, yeah, right.
It was not the first time members of Obama’s security detail landed in hot water.
Last November, a federal agent with the State Department’s Bureau of Diplomatic Security was charged with second-degree murder after shooting a man during a dispute outside a McDonald’s in Hawaii.
The agent, Christopher Deedy, was off-duty at the time, but was on the island to do security work in advance of Obama’s trip to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit.
In August, an off-duty Secret Service agent was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving in Decorah, Iowa, where he was helping arrange security for Obama’s bus trip through three Midwestern states, the Washington Post reported. The agent, Daniel Valencia was sentenced to two days in jail with credit for time served, and a fine of $1,250.
I’m gonna run this past my SS buddy tomorrow.
Tony looses all his preconceived notions of Columbia as he makes his way across Cartegena and Medellin.
*woot*
The agents were staying at Cartagena’s Hotel Caribe, which is also hosting members of the White House staff and press corps during the summit
A hotel employee, speaking on the condition of anonymity for fear of losing his job, said the agents arrived at the beachfront hotel about a week ago.
The employee described the agents as drinking heavily during their stay.
The employee said the agents left the hotel Thursday, a day before Obama and other regional leaders arrived for the weekend summit.
http://news.yahoo.com/misconduct-alleged-against-secret-agents-015005257.html
I have difficulty that so many people, simultaneously, could mess up their careers with a lack of discipline.
One or two, I can believe, but there is no way 12 SS agents are going to throw their lives away to party.
That’s just not credible to me.
We’ll get EVERY detail of their personal lives though. Their last names, the whole bit.
Watch.
Keep in mind who and what they work for. This ain’t no Reagan Administration.
White wash for the Mooches’ up coming dirty laundry?
They were relieved of their duties by merit if them seeking to be relieved of their duties.
When I worked construction on the big jobs - after work 10 to 20 men would hit the nearby bar. Eventually 2, 3 or 4 guys would go to the cat house while the rest went home to their wives or girlfriends.
It could be that a few SS were with prostitutes while the rest are in trouble for not reporting them.
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