Military brought prostitutes to Colombian hotel

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP-Excite

By LOLITA C. BALDOR

WASHINGTON (AP) - A dozen U.S. service members brought women, likely prostitutes, to their hotel rooms in Colombia and also allowed dogs to soil bed linens and building grounds shortly before President Barack Obama arrived in the country for an April summit, according to a military investigation that followed the announcement of punishments for the men.

The report provided to The Associated Press on Friday revealed new details about the conduct of the service members in the prostitution scandal that engulfed both military and Secret Service personnel.

Seven Army soldiers and two Marines have received administrative punishments for what the report described as misconduct consisting "almost exclusively of patronizing prostitutes and adultery." Three of the service members have requested courts martial, which would give them a public trial to contest the punishments.

One Air Force member was reprimanded but cleared of any violations of the U.S. military code of justice, and final decisions are pending on two Navy sailors, whose cases remain under legal review.

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[pscot]

1. soldiers consorting with hookers?

Shocking!

[Festivito]

2. Rape of our own women soldiers - eh. Buying sex: bad, awful, disgraceful, ...

I don't know. Maybe it's because they're Colombians.

[MADem]

3. What irritates me about these stories is that these people were not "ordinary" servicemembers.

They went through some robust additional screening/security clearances to earn a spot on a Presidential advance team or part of the WH/Camp David crew.

One has to wonder--is the screening protocol at fault? Is there a failure of leadership within the military chain of command responsible for supervising these guys? Are a few bad apples getting a bit full of themselves and making the rest of the crew look bad?

[Raine1967]

4. DOGS? Yuck.

I'm not even sure I want to know any more details. Blech.

[itsrobert]

5. Probably bomb sniffing dogs

n/t

[flamingdem]

6. Bomb sniffing and bomb making dogs

in the beds that is, yeesh!

[24601]

7. It was just a Bill - Monica moment. No doubt the military folks were just counseling them about

life choices and providing advice about seeking alternative employment.