Obomination: Colombia Secret Service Prostitution Scandal Spreads To DEA...

[paulitician]

Good ole DEA. Storming Citizens' homes, drinkin it up, and getting laid...On your Dime.


A month after the Secret Service was rocked by allegations that agents brought prostitutes to a Colombia hotel where they were preparing for a visit by President Obama, the Drug Enforcement Administration today announced that at least three of its agents are also under investigation for allegedly hiring prostitutes in Cartagena.

Two of the agents allegedly had encounters with masseuses in the apartment of one of the agents, according to Sen. Susan Collins, the ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.

"It's disturbing that we may be uncovering a troubling culture that spans more than one law enforcement agency," the Maine Republican said this evening. "In addition to the Secret Service scandal, we now learn that at least two DEA agents apparently entertained female foreign national masseuses in the Cartagena apartment of one of the agents. The evidence uncovered thus far indicates that this likely was not just a one-time incident."

The revelations that Secret Service personnel had been drinking heavily and cavorting with prostitutes ahead of Obama's trip to Colombia last month overshadowed the president's trip to the Summit of the Americas. Twelve members of the military were also investgated for allegedly hiring prostitutes.

Eight of the 12 Secret Service employees implicated in the scandal lost their jobs, another is in the process of losing his security clearances, and three agents were cleared of serious misconduct but still could be disciplined. The military has completed its investigation but no disciplinary action has been carried out...

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Colombia Secret Service Prostitution Scandal Spreads to the DEA - ABC News
DRUDGE REPORT 2012®

 

[waltky]

Was he fibbin'?...

Secret Service director suspected of lying to Congress about prostitution scandal
October 17, 2012 - An investigation for the agency that oversees the U.S. Secret Service suggests Director Mark Sullivan lied during his congressional testimony in the Colombia prostitution scandal that ensnared 13 of his agents, multiple law enforcement officials and congressional sources tell FoxNews.com.

Investigators with the Department of Homeland Security's Office of Inspector General (DHS OIG) have completed their investigative report, which will be referred to the Department of Justice along with a memorandum of activity that lists potential criminal actions. The report indicates Sullivan may have obstructed Congress by lying about the criminal associations of prostitutes involved in the scandal. The report also alleges Sullivan may have manipulated a report requested by the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, the sources said.

DHS OIG uncovered the evidence -- including specific incidents of alleged perjury, making false statements and impeding Congress -- during its ongoing probe into the scandal surrounding agents' misconduct prior to President Obama's trip to Cartagena, Colombia, last April, sources told FoxNews.com. Sources said Sullivan may have violated statute 18 USC § 1505 -- obstruction of proceedings before departments, agencies and committees -- and investigators are now handing the case over to federal prosecutors in the Justice Department's Public Integrity Section.

DHS OIG has been in talks with Justice Department prosecutors in the Public Integrity Section for months, and met with them late last week about the potential charges against Sullivan, sources said. The OIG, however, declined to discuss details of its investigation. "The Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General is conducting an ongoing investigation, requested by Congress, of the United States Secret Service regarding its actions during a presidential visit to Cartagena, Colombia, earlier this year," Charles Edwards, acting inspector general, said in a written statement. "The department and the Secret Service have cooperated with the OIG’s investigation thus far. However, as a matter of policy, the OIG does not discuss its ongoing investigations."

Sullivan has retained private counsel in the case. Joshua Hochberg, a former DOJ Public Integrity Section deputy chief-turned-white-collar defense attorney, specializes in defending public officials and CEOs charged with corruption. Hochberg was with Sullivan at his Aug. 2 interview with DHS OIG investigators, sources said. Hochberg also led the DOJ investigation of the failed energy company Enron and was head of DOJ's Fraud unit before joining a private firm. Reached for comment, Hochberg denied the allegations. "I've confirmed the public integrity section at DOJ does not have an open investigation. Mr. Sullivan did not in any way obstruct Congress," Hochberg told FoxNews.com.

Read more: EXCLUSIVE: Secret Service director suspected of lying to Congress about prostitution scandal | Fox News

 

[waltky]

DEA agent procured prostitute for Secret Service...

Report: DEA agent made prostitute arrangement for Secret Service agent
January 10th, 2013 - Justice Department inspector general investigated allegations; Official found DEA agent facilitated sexual encounter for Secret Service agent; Maine senator demands information

A Drug Enforcement Administration agent stationed in Cartagena, Colombia, arranged for a prostitute to have an encounter with a U.S. Secret Service Agent only days before a visit there by President Barack Obama, the Justice Department's inspector general has found. In a December 20 letter to the top Democrat and Republican on the Senate Homeland Security Committee, the inspector general said the agent admitted his role in hiring the woman, while a second DEA agent said he was intoxicated that night and was unable to "recall specifically his involvement."

A third DEA special agent was present for a dinner with the Secret Service agent but was not present at a residence where the sexual encounter took place and played no role in facilitating it, the report said. All three DEA agents eventually admitted they had paid for sexual services in Colombia, the inspector general said. The inspector general and a U.S. Attorney determined there was no basis for bringing a criminal charge in the case, but the agents could still face disciplinary action. The details of the DEA agents' actions were spelled out in a summary that Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, on Wednesday forwarded to DEA Administrator Michele Leonhart, expressing concern and demanding to know what was being done.

In a letter, first reported Thursday by NBC News, Collins said she found the matter "troubling." "Why haven't the administrative actions been completed given that the ... extremely serious findings ... were relayed to DEA more than three months ago?" Collins asked. The inspector general had no comment, but the Justice Department report indicated the DEA had been informed of the alleged misconduct in September. Late Thursday, the DEA issued a brief written statement saying, "This matter is currently under review by the Board of Professional Conduct." The DEA said it takes these matters "very seriously." The Secret Service had no comment.

As part of the advance detail before Obama's arrival to attend an April 2012 summit, a dozen Secret Service agents hit the clubs of Cartagena, for a night of drinking that ended with them bringing women back to their hotel rooms. Some of the women received money, and others did not ask for any, but in one case, an agent refused to pay, and the woman summoned a police officer. Nine Secret Service agents implicated in the case resigned or retired. Three were cleared of serious misconduct. Prostitution is legal in Colombia. But the news that some Secret Service agents were drinking heavily and taking prostitutes back to their hotel rooms raised security concerns and tarnished the reputation of the agency charged with protecting the president.

Report: DEA agent made prostitute arrangement for Secret Service agent - CNN.com

 

[GoneBezerk]

Uh, the Navy ran a brothel in the Philippines back in the 70s-80s until the liberal press caught wind of it and got them to shut it down.

The Navy figured their men were going to bang local women in the go-go bars, so it would be safer to send them to a regulated brothel with STD prevention than to let their sailors and marines run wild in the wrong bars.

Men do hook up with hot women when they are lonely and horny....go figure. Women do too....

 

[FA_Q2]

Was this with government money or their own?

My guess is their own, and, it is no one else's business in how they wish to squander it. Prostitution is the oldest profession and it is not going anywhere.