ABC Exclusive: Secret Service Bragged About Protecting Obama While Partying At Colombian Brothel

ABC News ^ | Tuesday, April 17, 2012 | Reena Ninan, Christine Romo and Mary Bruce

[kristinn]

CARTAGENA, Colombia — ABC News has learned exclusively that the Secret Service officials accused of misconduct in Colombia revealed their identities by boasting at a Cartagena brothel that they worked for President Obama.

Partying at the “Pley Club” Wednesday night, eleven members of the president’s advance team allegedly bragged “we work for Obama” and “we’re here to protect him.”

The officials spent the night throwing back expensive whiskey and enlisting the services of the club’s prostitutes, according to a bouncer at the club and a police source.

Sources tell ABC News several of the men agreed to pay for, and received, services from the “highest category” prostitutes available at the club, who charge upwards of $200.

The men paid for the sexual services in advance but when it came time to settle the bill, there was a dispute over the charges.

The group became belligerent and the police were called. The argument between the officials and the bouncers from the club escalated and ultimately spilled onto the street, according to several eye witness accounts.

(Video report at link worth watching. Includes visit to club and mention that up to 20 U.S. military from all four branches involved, bringing number of U.S. personnel involved up to 31.)

[kristinn]

The fish rots from the head first. Our partyboy President has led by example.

[Paladin2]

'Rats.

The Party party.

[Paladin2]

What happened to the hotel venue story?

[HereInTheHeartland]

Bet these SS guys were not in these positions 4 years ago.

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

Bet these SS guys were not in these positions 4 years ago.
_________________________________________________________

I was wondering the same thing.

[nuconvert]

I doubt this is the first time that this kind of ‘activity’ has gone on, I’m sorry to say.

[Morpheus2009]

Disappointing, could these people have at least kept the whole thing as much to themselves as possible?

[pepsi_junkie]

When this first broke,I kept open the possibility that the guys had been told to bring back girls for some VIPs and then ended up taking the fall when it went wrong somehow. It now seems there were no VIPs with them, this is all on them alone. Hard to imagine such stupidity.

[McGruff]

What's with ABC News lately? They are getting very tabloidish. Maybe they could find Obama’s real birth certificate some time. Nah.

[Enterprise]

Yet another version of the ever shifting story.

[al baby]

Right they were selling peanut brittle door to door

[dainbramaged]

No way these are the same agents who protected George Bush - the bamster probably replaced them with cronies, suckups and Reggie Love types.

[Timber Rattler]

Hmmm...this is a totally different version of the original story, which had the confrontation happen at the hotel. The way it is told here makes it sound like it was a barroom brawl between the Secret Service and their military buddies on one side, and the bar owner/pimp and the Cartagena cops on the other.

Note that the local cops have been told to shut up about it in order to protect the Secret Service from any further embarrassment.

[tobyhill]

What room was Obama in?

[trailhkr1]

Well if they look like these Colombian women it would be worth it..well at least that night.Damn the consequences later

[SkyDancer]

After the Martin thing we’re supposed to believe ABC or any other media telling the truth? The SS was most likely having a great dinner at a fancy restaurant and some reporter wasn’t invited.

[trailhkr1]

The SS was most likely having a great dinner at a fancy restaurant and some reporter wasn’t invited.

Yeah right.

[trisham]

Bet these SS guys were not in these positions 4 years ago.

*****************************

I hope not. What a disgrace.

[Envisioning]

Bet these SS guys were not in these positions 4 years ago.

+1

[DannyTN]

If Obama had a secret service, it would look like this...