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Gov’t Probe: DEA Agent Arranged to Hire Prostitute for Secret Service Agent in Colombia Scandal

Jan. 11, 2013 7:39am Billy Hallowell

WASHINGTON (TheBlaze/AP) — A Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agent arranged to hire a prostitute for a Secret Service agent in Colombia in advance of a presidential visit last year, according to a Justice Department report made public Thursday.

While the DEA agent (agent #2) stationed in Cartagena, Colombia, arranged for a prostitute to give a visiting Secret Service supervisory special agent a massage, the encounter unfolded at a different agent’s residence (agent #1). A one-page summary of the Justice Department investigation explains that there was a third agent, too, but that he was not involved in facilitating the encounter.

Here’s a screen shot from the document that further explains:

DEA Agent Arranged Prostitute for Secret Service Agent in Colombia Scandal

The Secret Service agent and the prostitute later had a sexual encounter and one of the drug agents (agent #2) arranged to pay the woman, the summary stated. The Justice Department’s inspector general produced the explanatory document, which was dated Dec. 20 (read it here).

The Justice Department probe was part of a broad investigation into the hiring of prostitutes by Secret Service employees who were visiting Colombia last year in advance of President Barack Obama’s arrival for a South American summit.

DEA Agent Arranged Prostitute for Secret Service Agent in Colombia Scandal

Photo Credit: U.S. Government/Justice Department

NBC News first reported the Justice Department’s findings.

An investigation by the Homeland Security Department’s inspector general found that 13 Secret Service employees had “personal encounters with female Colombian nationals,” some of whom were prostitutes, while they were in Cartagena.

The incident became public after a Secret Service agent had a fight over payment with a woman in the hallway of a hotel.

According the Justice Department, three DEA agents were initially at the Cartagena residence the night the prostitute was hired, though one agent left before the sexual encounter.

Investigators found that the drug agents deleted data from their government-issued Blackberry smartphones amid the DOJ investigation. The trio later admitted they had “paid for sexual services and used their DEA Blackberry devices to arrange such activities,” according to the summary.

A DEA spokesman said the matter is under review by the Board of Professional Conduct.

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Comments (10)

Junter
Posted on January 11, 2013 at 11:05pm
Whats the point in the investigation? We have an elite class that are above the law. They will pay a small fine and keep their high paying government jobs. The real losers are US tax payers who pay the wages for these law breakers then pay big bucks for an investigation meant to lull tax payers into thinking something was done about it. Next story..

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progressiveslayer
Posted on January 11, 2013 at 9:04am
l2

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SpankDaMonkey
Posted on January 11, 2013 at 8:53am
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Do we really care if the guy’s who are supposed to be protecting Obama are getting laid while on the job?….

I’ll spring for a couple of tricks if it will help get rid of Barry…lol……

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ArmedAndReallyPissed
Posted on January 11, 2013 at 8:39am
wtf ?

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ares338
Posted on January 11, 2013 at 8:18am
This is funny….government even spies on itself….LOL.

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Thighmaster
Posted on January 11, 2013 at 7:57am
I would never, in a million years, ever guess that a simple massage by a Colombian prostitute could possibly end with sex. Doesn’t anyone understand the SECRET in secret service ? UPDATE: President Obama just granted secret service protection to past presidents but did not include Bill Clinton. Apparently slick willy needs no help in this area….

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- KalanVA
  Posted on January 11, 2013 at 8:05am
  President Obama needs to include these services as income and pay income taxes on this service.
  
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jackact
Posted on January 11, 2013 at 7:52am
The Obama regime has produced so many ‘firsts’.
This one can be chalked up to the ongoing legacy.
‘Never have WE the PEOPLE been so ashamed of our dispicable government’

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- barber2
  Posted on January 11, 2013 at 10:10am
  JACK: And never have the American TAXPAYERS felt the need to be protected AGAINST the federal government.
  
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Eastinfection
Posted on January 11, 2013 at 7:50am
This wouldn’t have even been a scandal if the cheap-skate had just paid the ****** like he was supposed to.

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