US military: 5 service members accused of misconduct at same hotel as Secret Service agents

[cal04]

Source: Washington Post

US military: 5 service members accused of misconduct at same hotel as Secret Service agents.



Five U.S. Military Members Caught Up In Secret Service Prostitution Scandal
http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entries/five-us-military-members-caught-up-in-secret

It looks like five members of the U.S. military have been caught up in the unfolding prostitution scandal involving members of the Secret Service startioned in Columbia. The full statement from U.S. Southern Command:

MIAMI - United States Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM) announces April 14 that five U.S. service members assigned to Joint Task Force Summit of the Americas in support of the United States Secret Service violated the curfew established by the United States Senior Defense Official in Colombia and may have been involved in inappropriate conduct. The conduct is alleged to have occurred in the same hotel where the recalled United States Secret Service agents were staying.

The personnel are currently in Colombia but confined to quarters and under orders not to have contact with other individuals. They will return to the United States with the rest of the support contingency at the conclusion of the mission.

Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/us-military-5-service-members-accused-of-misconduct-at-some-hotel-as-secret-service-agents/2012/04/14/gIQAPlYnHT_story.html

[Ruby the Liberal]

1. Can you update the title for "same" as opposed to "some"?

I get that this is a translation issue in the link, but almost locked it as a dupe of http://metamorphosis.democraticunderground.com/101497465

Thanks,

[cal04]

3. thank you so much Ruby the Liberal

I didn't catch that

[Ruby the Liberal]

4. Yeah - the original link was a little sketchy on detail

didn't make sense at first.

[bluedigger]

2. Sounds like TDY are going to have to find a new favorite hotel for their layovers.

[monmouth]

6. Sounds like one helluva party I wasn't invited to.....sigh....n/t

[southernyankeebelle]

5. I know this sounds kind of crazy but I remember years ago when I worked in a

Reenlistment center where soldiers re-up I remember seeing an SOP on what you do when coming in contact with a hookers. What the right procedures are to use when in their company. I was shocked and the reenlistment sergeant thought it was funny. I guess stuff like this goes on alot and the american people don't know it. Some of these soldiers are really doing secret ops. That was a very long time ago. Heck I think well over 30 yrs ago.

[bluedigger]

7. These people are the American people.

And this sort of activity has only been going on since men went out of town overnight, say three or four thousand years or more ago.

It's obviously a "manufactured" incident meant to embarrass the President/USA.

[southernyankeebelle]

8. whatever. All I was telling you what once happened in a re-enlistment office that was true.

Nothing more or nothing less. I don't think women back home would be happy to know their men are screwing with hookers and the government is aware of it. That was all.

[Dan]

11. Okay, explain to me

why young men, in the prime of their lives, aren't allowed to have sex?

[southernyankeebelle]

12. Am not saying that. I am just telling you about an SOP I saw when I worked in reenlistment. I

wouldn't be happy if my husband was doing this behind my back. It would be different if he talked to me about it and I said ok as long as you wear protection. Women aren't stupid. I know it happened with my father-in-law who was a 25 yr veteran. His wife didn't want to get any STDs.

[Dan]

13. During those early years in a career

especially the military, most of us were single, not married.

Second part is this: if married, that issue is between the wife and husband, unless it interferes with the ability to do the job.

Third thing is this: In this age of volunteer army, there is a good chance that their careers are going to curtailed.

If the issue is an intelligence agency trying to blackmail - as little as we pay the military, money works better.

So right, Bush could damn near destroy the country with his stupidity and it was not a major issue, and all Clinton had to do was unzip his pants - and the world comes to an end.

We as a nation really have issues with sexuality...

[southernyankeebelle]

14. I am not hung up on the men having sex. Women aren't stupid. Protection for girlfriends and wives

should be the same. I knew a woman who was married over 20 yrs. She was an excellent wife. He brought her here from Greece. She was a young beautiful woman. She kept his home clean, cooked great meals and always was there when he needed her. She kept herself in great shape any man would have loved to have her as a wife. She was like a greek goddess. Her husband was a loser of a prick. She did whatever he wanted when it came to sex. This was her only man she ever slept with. He ended up given her an STD in her mouth. She was sick and finally went to the doctor and found out. But before she found out about that he decided one day he was going to leave her. I thought she was going to kill herself. She had one daughter 18 yrs old. She wasn't there for her mother. I brought her to my house because I felt she was going to kill herself. Finally I tracked the daughter down and told her she needed to step up and help her mother and that legally there was nothing I could do. It took over a yr for her to finally realize she was married to an asshole. She did end up with half of his pension which she earned.

[Dan]

18. We come in all shapes, and I guess character...

You sound like a good person and a good friend...

Take care and thanks for sharing,...

D

[southernyankeebelle]

22. Ditto Dan (LOL) have a good day

[EFerrari]

15. If you have to create an international incident to get laid

you aren't doing it right.

And this doesn't sound like zipper action as much as just plain boozing. Who the hell thinks,"okay, I'm here for a week to set up for a summit, how drunk and stupid can I get before someone busts me"? Do these guys never get vacation days or what?

[Dan]

17. Young doesn't mean smart...

young means young..... smile, but I get your point.

[EFerrari]

25. Don't trust anyone under 30 with your president, lol.

[JDPriestly]

23. Obviously, the government is taking care of it. What are you talking about.

That is why the men are being sent home.

[southernyankeebelle]

24. I was talking to earlier posts. I can't remember now. This was a long decision LOL

[BadtotheboneBob]

9. a.k.a. a 'Honey Trap'...

... Intelligence agencies have used them for years. Blackmail for information, embarrassment etc. It was a popular tactic of the KGB (now the FSB). The recent episode with the Russian, Anna Chapman, supposedly was an attempt to get close to a member of the Obama administration using her charms.

[Grassy Knoll]

10. I noticed Con Media laying low until Monday on this story...

Until "GOD" Limbaugh spins this into a story of how awful Obama is screwing up
this country, Cons love a warm blanket, especially a hot urine soaked one from their leader.

[EFerrari]

16. My guess is their moran base will side with the SS and service guys

over the Colombians, so, the story is harder to sell to them.

[Judi Lynn]

20. They are, after all, kings of the planet.No one can tell them everything doesn't belong to them.n/t

[EFerrari]

26. It's their cross to bear.

lol

[Taverner]

19. I fail to see how this is "Obama's Fault" as the wingnuts are saying....

[Judi Lynn]

21. Hadn't heard that's their brilliant conclusion!The dumber it gets, the more it says "Republican."

Fantastically stupid.