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Sincerely? I do not think that the administration of President Obama needs this form of "show of shame from his officers". He has too much on his plate to be weighted down with this...
Men/women who are public officers, should always remember that they are "The properties of the people that elected them into office". They owe us an obligation to be of good and respectful behaviour always...It usually rubs off on the people that put them in those offices in the first place!
A Colombian prostitute at the centre of the ongoing Secret Service sex scandal has broken her silence.
Speaking about the tawdry episode that has seen three agents ousted from their posts after a wild night of partying in Cartagena last week, a 24-year-old high-end escort claims she was offered $30 - a fraction of her $800 fee - for a night with one of the men.
'I tell him, 'Baby, my cash money,' she recalled in an interview with The New York Times, recounting a heated exchange that has wrecked the agency's reputation and become an election year embarrassment for President Barack Obama.
Embarrassment: U.S. President Barack Obama walks across the South Lawn of the White House, behind a Secret Service agent, in Washington DC, on Wednesday
Seedy: The PleyClub, in Cartagena, Colombia, where Obama's Secret Service agents allegedly picked up prostitutes
The news came today as the Secret Service says three employees have been ousted in the wake of questionable behaviour at the Hotel Caribe last week, with some now under investigation for possible drug use, ABC News reports.
New details of the sordid night emerged Wednesday as a single mother and self-described prostitute told The New York Times that she met an agent at a discotheque, believed to be the PleyClub, in Cartagena and after a night of drinking.
'They never told me they were with Obama,' she said, calling the men 'very discreet'.
The woman, who chose to remain anonymous, said she and one of the agents agreed the agent would pay her $800 for sex at the hotel.
The next morning, when the hotel's front desk called because the woman hadn't left, the pair argued over the price.
The woman, who chose to remain anonymous, said she and one of the agents agreed the agent would pay her $800 for sex at the hotel.
The next morning, when the hotel's front desk called because the woman hadn't left, the pair argued over the price.
'Embarassed': Leon Panetta, left, and General Martin Dempsey, right, have promised to investigate the military's role in the scandal
Provocative: The PleyClub website promises to turn your fantasies into reality
Gated: A high fence and locking gate surround the entrance to the club.
Special agents and uniformed officers were stationed in Cartagena in advance of President Barack Obama's arrival for the Summit of the Americas. The incident occurred before Obama arrived and was at a different hotel than the president stayed in.
In the first casualties claimed in wake of the incident, the Secret Service announced today three agents are leaving the service, even as separate U.S. government investigations are under way.
The Secret Service did not identify the three agents leaving the government or eight more it said remain on administrative leave. In a statement, it said one supervisor was allowed to retire and another will be fired for cause. A third employee, who was not a supervisor, has resigned.
The agents were implicated in the prostitution scandal in Colombia that also involved about 10 military service members and as many as 20 women. All the Secret Service employees who were involved had their security clearances revoked.
In the first casualties claimed in wake of the incident, the Secret Service announced today three agents are leaving the service, even as separate U.S. government investigations are under way.
The Secret Service did not identify the three agents leaving the government or eight more it said remain on administrative leave. In a statement, it said one supervisor was allowed to retire and another will be fired for cause. A third employee, who was not a supervisor, has resigned.
The agents were implicated in the prostitution scandal in Colombia that also involved about 10 military service members and as many as 20 women. All the Secret Service employees who were involved had their security clearances revoked.
Performance space: Cheap tables and seats are packed around a stage, which is completed with two dancing poles
Dingy: This strip club is a distant image from the upmarket Hotel Caribe where the agents where staying
The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, led by Rep. Darrell Issa, R-California, sought details of the Secret Service investigation, including the disciplinary histories of the agents involved. Secret Service investigators are in Colombia interviewing witnesses.
In a letter to Sullivan, Issa and Representative Elijah Cummings of Maryland, the committee's ranking Democrat, said the agents 'brought foreign nationals in contact with sensitive security information.' A potential security breach has been among the concerns raised by members of Congress.
The episode took a sharp political turn when presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney said he would fire the agents involved.
Romney told radio host Laura Ingraham on Wednesday that 'I'd clean house' at the Secret Service.
'The right thing to do is to remove people who have violated the public trust and have put their play time and their personal interests ahead of the interests of the nation,' Romney said.
While Romney suggested to Ingraham that a leadership problem led to the scandal, he told a Columbus, Ohio, radio station earlier that he has confidence in Sullivan, the head of the agency.
'I believe the right corrective action will be taken there and obviously everyone is very, very disappointed,' Romney said. 'I think it will be dealt with (in) as aggressive a way as is possible given the requirements of the law.'
When asked, the Romney campaign would not say whether he had been briefed on the situation or was relying upon media reports for details.
HOW OBAMA'S BODYGUARDS UPSTAGED HIS TRIP TO COLOMBIA
News that 11 Secret Service agents had been sent home after 'nearly all of them' were caught with prostitutes all but overshadowed President Barack Obama's trip to Colombia this weekend.
The scandal unfolded rapidly after a tipster called the Associated Press and reported the incident Wednesday night at the luxurious Hotel Caribe in Cartagena, where the agents were staying while the conducted advance security operations to prepare for the president's arrival.
The agents allegedly picked up the hookers at the seedy PleyClub after a night of heavy drinking and hard-partying there.
They were busted after a prostitute got angry and caused a commotion involving hotel security and local police when one agent refused to pay her. The tab? $47.
Two of the men were supervisors. Several are married and all of them have been suspended, pending an investigation.
Experts say the scandal could have exposed the agents to blackmail and potentially endangered the president.
President Obama, whom the Secret Service claims was never in danger, said he would be 'angry' if the allegations are proven true.
Rep Darrell Issa, a California Republican, suggested Secret Service agents might be covering up other sex scandals when he said, 'Things like this don't happen once if they didn't happen before.'
News that 11 Secret Service agents had been sent home after 'nearly all of them' were caught with prostitutes all but overshadowed President Barack Obama's trip to Colombia this weekend.
The scandal unfolded rapidly after a tipster called the Associated Press and reported the incident Wednesday night at the luxurious Hotel Caribe in Cartagena, where the agents were staying while the conducted advance security operations to prepare for the president's arrival.
The agents allegedly picked up the hookers at the seedy PleyClub after a night of heavy drinking and hard-partying there.
They were busted after a prostitute got angry and caused a commotion involving hotel security and local police when one agent refused to pay her. The tab? $47.
Two of the men were supervisors. Several are married and all of them have been suspended, pending an investigation.
Experts say the scandal could have exposed the agents to blackmail and potentially endangered the president.
President Obama, whom the Secret Service claims was never in danger, said he would be 'angry' if the allegations are proven true.
Rep Darrell Issa, a California Republican, suggested Secret Service agents might be covering up other sex scandals when he said, 'Things like this don't happen once if they didn't happen before.'
Luxury accommodations: The agents were partying at the Hotel Caribe, a beachfront resort, where they were staying while they scouted security for Obama's visit
Nice digs: Several White House staffers and reporters traveling with the president stayed at the hotel. The president, however, stayed elsewhere
At least 10 military personnel who were staying at the same hotel are also being investigated for misconduct.
Two U.S. military officials have said they include five Army Green Berets. One of the officials said the group also includes two Navy Explosive Ordinance Disposal technicians, two Marine dog handlers and an Air Force airman. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation is still under way.
Secret Service's Office of Professional Responsibility, which handles that agency's internal affairs, is investigating, and the Homeland Security Department's inspector general also has been notified.
Sullivan, who this week has briefed lawmakers behind closed doors, said he has referred to the case to an independent government investigator.
Two U.S. military officials have said they include five Army Green Berets. One of the officials said the group also includes two Navy Explosive Ordinance Disposal technicians, two Marine dog handlers and an Air Force airman. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation is still under way.
Secret Service's Office of Professional Responsibility, which handles that agency's internal affairs, is investigating, and the Homeland Security Department's inspector general also has been notified.
Sullivan, who this week has briefed lawmakers behind closed doors, said he has referred to the case to an independent government investigator.
Prostitution is legal in some parts of Colombia and tolerated in most of the countryColonel Scott Malcom, a spokesman of U.S. Southern Command, which organized the military team assigned to support the Secret Service's mission in Cartagena, said Wednesday that an Air Force colonel is leading the military investigation and arrived in Colombia with a military lawyer Tuesday morning.
The troops are suspected of violating curfews set by their commanders.
'They were either not in their room or they showed up to their room late while all this was going on or they were in their room with somebody who shouldn't be there,' Malcom said.
Lawmakers have called for a thorough investigation and have suggested they would hold oversight hearings, though none has yet been scheduled. The incident is expected to come up next week on Wednesday when Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee for a previously scheduled oversight hearing.
House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, said that for now, he is interested in what actually happened. He did not address how much responsibility Obama should bear for the scandal or whether Congress should hold hearings on it.
Culled from The Daily Mail UK.
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