New Evidence Cited in Secret Service Prostitution Inquiry

[alp227]

Source: NY Times

The Secret Service has uncovered evidence that all 11 members under investigation for alleged misconduct with prostitutes in Colombia before President Obama’s arrival there for a summit meeting last weekend had taken women to their rooms, Representative Peter T. King, the chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security, said on Tuesday.

Investigators for the Secret Service in Colombia are seeking to interview the women, Mr. King said, adding that the agency had copies of their identification cards, which they were required to leave with the hotel before going into the rooms. He said that additional Secret Service members had been dispatched to Colombia to conduct interviews and that the Colombian government was “not being unhelpful” with the investigation.

“The 11 agents are having different recollections about what happened or are not telling the truth,” said Mr. King, who was briefed on the investigation on Tuesday morning by the head of the Secret Service, Mark J. Sullivan.

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According to Senator Susan Collins of Maine, the senior Republican on the Homeland Security Committee, who was also briefed on the investigation by Mr. Sullivan, about 20 women were brought into the hotel, and some of them ended up with military members. She said she had pressed the Secret Service to find out who the women were and whether they had ties to groups hostile to the United States.

Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/18/us/politics/new-details-in-inquiry-into-secret-service-agents.html

[winstars]

1. I am very, very sorry but: "some of them ended up with military members"????? nt.

[PoliticAverse]

9. Suppress that grin soldier! n/t

[Dont call me Shirley]

2. A set-up by bush's implants to embarras the prez.

[Tx4obama]

5. One of the men involved is the brother of a GOP senate candidate

Secret Service Scandal Investigation Involves Brother Of GOP Senate Candidate
Here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/17/secret-service-scandal-gop-senate-candidate_n_1431488.html

[la la]

19. ah- that's why he's been all over the tube..

the last few days--msnbc AND faux---prob. cnn, as well....i wondered why - now i know.....thanks!

[24601]

12. And you have a shred of proof? Please post it for all of us to see & judge.

[Beacool]

27. Yeah, right.........

[orpupilofnature57]

3. Seeing " Contractors " and their lives

might have little to do with that.

[gratuitous]

4. Thanks a fucking heap, Secret Service

Now I have to put up with Peter King and his self-righteous high dudgeon.

Note to the Obama administration: Hire a new head of the Secret Service, one that isn't a Bush holdover.

[orpupilofnature57]

8. Joe Mccarthy did less harm to Hollywood ,

than Shrub did to our countries well-being. ,we should obliterate anything having to do with the biggest misanthrope ever to mislead our country.

[Turbineguy]

10. He probably just wants some phone numbers

for when he goes there.

[life long demo]

6. There is another point that needs to be checked.

The person who originally broke the story, Mr. Kessler, I can't remember his first name. Works for >>>>> Newsmax. It is said that he had issues with the Secret Service (not confirmed). But working for Newsmax. hmmmmmm!

[alp227]

20. Ronald Kessler.

[Botany]

7. 11 agents and 20 or more women?

They should have remembered the smorgasbord rule and that is you should only take
what you can eat @ one sitting comfortably and only after you have cleaned your plate
THEN DO YOU GO BACK FOR SECONDS.

[Lasher]

22. Military and SS agents combined, the number came to 21 men.

And there were 20 or 21 prostitutes.

[Vincardog]

11. I believe prostitution is legal there and all the excited media types need to STFU

[24601]

13. Prostitution is closely related to human trafficking. Both military personnel and civil servants

receive mandatory annual training and than "maybe not against the local law."

[HereSince1628]

14. Yah, sure, if local legalities had ANYTHING to do with what happened

that might be a defense.

[Fumesucker]

17. It's why the woman went to the police..

Which of course totally blindsided the SS agents, they are completely unused to dealing with prostitutes who actually have rights that are defended by the police..

[doc03]

15. This can't be the first time it has happened. How in the hell can all of a sudden

11 Secret Service Agents along with military personnel just decide to start seeing prostitutes. I will bet this has been going on for quite some time if the truth is ever known.

[riderinthestorm]

21. Oh I'm sure it has been happening all this time but Colombia has legal prostitution

Last edited Wed Apr 18, 2012, 01:36 PM - Edit history (1)

so when the SS and military guys tried to stiff the women, they went to the police with their complaint.

These guys have probably gotten away with not paying in the past but since prostitution is illegal the women had no recourse in trying to collect. Not so in Colombia

edited for spelling

[doc03]

24. You know how to make a prostitute

scream and moan? Don't pay them. Maybe we don't pay the SS enough.

[Beacool]

28. Colombia, it's with an "o".

Sorry, but this has been driving me nuts. I've seen a myriad stories online over this issue and I still can't believe that people don't know how to spell the name of the country.

[riderinthestorm]

31. Thanks! I only had a break of a few moments and was rushing. Will fix it! nt

[Beacool]

32. No problem, I'm usually not the grammar police.

It's just that I've seen the misspelling of Colombia over and over and by some people who should know better (journalists).

Take care!!

[rainbow4321]

16. Pfft....like the ID's left are the desk are likely to be REAL???

How many have the Colombia version of "Jane Doe".

Granted, from what I have read prostitution there is legal so they were probably not worried about any legal fall out at the time..but with the international spotlight on this case now, are any of them going to really step forward willingly?
Unless, of course, we start seeing them sell their stories to the highest bidder (tabloids, etc).

[bluedigger]

18. I'm surprised to hear that all 11 were involved.

It wouldn't surprise me that they were all aware of the activity, but I really find it hard to believe that they were all active participants. But there it is, apparently.

[doc03]

25. I can see how this whole problem came about now. There were 11 SS 10 military

and only 20 prostitutes present. Two of the guys had to share one prostitute. It's probably Obama's fault for getting the order screwed up.

[MindMover]

23. ...

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[Beacool]

26. Like someone said on the radio this morning, we need more women in the SS.

I've seen a couple with Hillary, but we need more of them.

What is it about guys in groups? The mob mentality seems to set in and all common sense disappears. Was a romp with some woman worth their careers and possibly their families? Aside from embarrassing the president and the country. I didn't hear about similar incidents with the security details of the 32 other nations who attended this conference.

Total asinine behavior!!! It also begs the question of how often has this happened before.

[mainer]

29. If only to babysit the naughty boys

Men tend to behave better when a woman is watching them with a jaundiced eye.

[Beacool]

30. True........LOL!!!

At least there should have been someone there to tell them that it was a terrible idea and remind them of the consequences of their actions.