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    US Secret Service Agents Ssent Home From Presidential Detail in Colombia.....

    A senior administration official briefed on the accusations against the Secret Service agents pulled from duty in Colombia tells ABC News that a heated argument between at least one of the alleged prostitutes and at least one of the Secret Service agents first alerted authorities of the Hotel Caribe in Cartagena to the cavorting between Secret Service agents and prostitutes.

    The argument was a dispute over the bill for services rendered, the administration official said.

    Initially, this official said, that inspection led the hotel authorities to have questions about 22 Americans - 17 Secret Service agents and five special operations soldiers who were there to assist the Secret Service. Their names were reported to the lead U.S. military official on the ground.

    That is not to say that all 22 men had hired prostitutes, the administration official underlined. Some of those about whom the hotel raised questions may merely have been attending a party and violating curfew. Eleven Secret Service agents have been sent back to the United States. The five U.S. special forces members remain in Colombia, per the request of the Secret Service.....snip~

    http://news.yahoo.com/bill-dispute-a...-politics.html

    Hmmm.....looks like Obama's Security Peeps figures they don't have to pay for party Services in a Third World Country.....huh?
    See, Democrats that never pay for shiznit.
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    Wow, that is really bad. Can them!

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    Representative Darrell Issa also told CBS' "Face the Nation" program that there may have been more agents involved than the 11 who were sent back to Washington after allegations surfaced that they had brought prostitutes to their hotel in Colombia.

    Agents whose job it is to protect the president and other Cabinet members could be blackmailed by the kind of activity that has been alleged, said Issa, chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.
    Issa, a frequent critic of the Obama administration, said he has not decided whether to have committee hearings on the scandal.

    "The investigation will not be about the 11 to 20 or more involved, it will be about how did this happen and how often has this happened before," Issa told CBS. "Things like this don't happen once if they didn't happen before."

    The Secret Service gave no details about what may have occurred in Cartagena, a coastal city hosting the 33-nation Summit of the Americas. Obama arrived in Cartagena for the conference on Friday and was staying through Sunday.

    A local Colombian police source said that agents had brought prostitutes back to their hotel.

    Five military servicemen, assigned to support the Secret Service during Obama's visit, have also been implicated in the incident, which has become a major embarrassment for Washington at the summit.

    Issa said incidents like this could pose a danger to the president. "In this particular case, the president may not have been in danger, but that's to beg the whole question of - What happens if somebody, six months ago, six years ago, became the victim of their own misconduct and is now being blackmailed?" he said.

    "It's not about whether the president was in danger this time. It's whether or not you need to make changes so the American people can have confidence" in the agency, Issa said......snip~

    http://news.yahoo.com/secret-inciden...182250079.html
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    Still out of all that were sent home. Notice none of the Spec Ops were. Per the Secret Service too. Plus happening while Obama is down there isn't looking to good.
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    Unhappy

    Secret Service hooker scandal results in suicide...

    US Secret Service agent 'kills himself' amid inquiry
    2 November 2012 - The Secret Service protects the lives of the president, vice president and their families
    A US Secret Service agent assigned to President Barack Obama's security detail has died in an apparent suicide, law enforcement sources have said. Special agent Rafael Prieto was being investigated for failing to report a romantic relationship with a foreign national, they told US media. The agency said it was "mourning the loss of a valued colleague". The behaviour of its agents have been under scrutiny since a prostitution scandal in Colombia earlier this year.

    A number were dismissed after allegations that Secret Service agents hired prostitutes while they were in Cartagena last April to prepare the way for President Obama's visit to attend the Summit of Americas. Agents are required to inform the Secret Service of any relationship with a foreign citizen to ensure there is no risk to national security.

    'Distinguished career'

    Rafael Prieto, a married father, admitted to investigators that he had been having a long-term affair with a woman from Mexico, sources told the Associated Press news agency. His relationship was revealed by an agent involved in the Cartagena scandal who was concerned that the Secret Service was not enforcing its rules consistently, the AP reported. It is not thought that he had compromised national security with his relationship, but rather violated the agency's own administrative rules by failing to disclose it. Mr Prieto is said to have been found on Saturday, in his car with the engine running. His death, believed to have been caused by carbon monoxide poisoning, is being investigated by the Metropolitan Police in Washington.

    "Rafael Prieto had a distinguished 20-year career with the Secret Service that was marked by accomplishment, dedication and friendships," agency spokesman Edwin Donovan said in a statement. "The Secret Service is mourning the loss of a valued colleague." The Secret Service comprises plain-clothed agents, who directly guard the president, vice-president and their families, and uniformed officers who perform support services. Following the Cartagena scandal, the agency issued a tighter code of conduct for agents travelling overseas, including a ban on drinking while on duty, visiting "disreputable establishments" and bringing foreigners into hotel rooms.

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-20178219

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