At Least 3 More Secret Service Agents Expected to Lose Their Jobs in Prostitution Scandal

Posted on April 20, 2012 at 3:50pm by Madeleine Morgenstern
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At least three more Secret Service agents were expected to lose their jobs Friday as a result of the Colombia prostitution scandal, a federal official told the Associated Press.

Meanwhile, NBC News reported the number of firings could be as high as five.

Three agents have already left the Secret Service amid the fallout.

A total of 11 Secret Service agents were placed on leave last week amid revelations that at least some brought prostitutes back to their Cartagena, Colombia hotel ahead of President Barack Obama’s arrival for a summit. The scandal came to light after a dispute one of the agents had with a woman over her payment.

Also on Friday, the Pentagon said an 11th military person was involved in the scandal, up from 10 as had been previously reported.

Update: Three Secret Service agents resigned Friday, raising the total number of agents to leave their positions because of the scandal to six.

Additionally, Secret Service Agency Director Mark Sullivan personally briefed Obama on the situation in the Oval Office.

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Jinglebob
Posted on April 21, 2012 at 9:36pm
Now there is a rumor that….no it could not be….that White House advanced team members may have been in the rooms with the agents and the girls….no, not convorting. How could that be?
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Seagal45
Posted on April 21, 2012 at 12:56pm
Something is very wrong with this whole thing, it stinks to high heaven. Wonder how long it will take the truth to seep out.
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RedPepper2
Posted on April 21, 2012 at 11:02am
Having had experience dealing with the SS I found them very professional and sincere in doing their jobs. I would like to know the total number of SS agents in the force in which I could determine the percentage of those agents working the White House detail in which could be subject to contamination!
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4xeverything
Posted on April 21, 2012 at 5:42am
Nothing about this seems right to me. The moment this story came out all I could see in my mind was WELL FUNDED CIVILIAN ARMY!!! Don’t ask me to explain, because I can’t, but I always listen to my instincts and they have never steered me wrong. Something stinks here.
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- amagaux
  Posted on April 21, 2012 at 10:04am
  So the boys had a fun night. So what! Boys will be boys. All this should be between their wives and them. Who was harmed? After all, it was legal. No one even said that they neglected their duty.
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searching for the Truth
Posted on April 21, 2012 at 1:14am
This kinda stuff doesn’t happen in the Antarctic.
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Cosmos102
Posted on April 21, 2012 at 12:28am
Could it be that this type of behavior goes way back and has everything to do with who is in office? Look at the total lack of leadership and oversight this country has received from the Obama Administration. Remember the people who got into WH parties and weren’t even on the list? It strikes me as a rather odd response by Obama, saying that if this checks out to be true he’ll “be angry”. He showed more passion when he was complaining about Professor Gates being profiled by the racist police. My guess is he knows more than he is letting on, and the answer lies somewhere between lax leadership expectations and disrespect for the President. Would any of these guys who were drinking, and fooling around with prostitutes be willing to die for the president? I think not!
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Goldenyears22
Posted on April 20, 2012 at 10:45pm
It seems that there is so much lack of morality among people today. They think bad behavior is alright. I wonder what their wives think about now. These guys had to have done this before everywhere they go, they just got found out this time. Some intregrity and where does one find honesty, fidelity and intregrity today. Doesn’t seem to exist for most. Will we ever find out who the stingy one was that refused to pay. Well, all of them should be fired and I’m sure they all have been told to stay away from bad girls, but these guys don’t mind. Was you night of sin worth it? I don’t think so.
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oceandove
Posted on April 20, 2012 at 6:18pm
If they are dumb enough to have done the deed, then why not also talk?
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hangthebastids
Posted on April 20, 2012 at 6:13pm
Friday, April 20, 2012
Attorney Kuligowski: Selective Service Forgery Alone is Enough to End Obama’s Presidency \
http://obamareleaseyourrecords.blogspot.com/2012/04/atty-monte-kuligowski-selective-service.html
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mmcdonald628
Posted on April 20, 2012 at 6:09pm
More secret service members losing their jobs over a conspiracy initiated by Russia in order to destroy America and initiate a communist/socialist/islamic caliphate dictatorial utopia.*

Or so claims Glenn.http://www.gbtv.com/media/video.jsp?content_id=20669601&topic_id=24584158

*Note: slight exaggeration – slight.
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- RepubliCorp
  Posted on April 20, 2012 at 6:25pm
  Obama is mad because they (SS) didn’t have a little boy toy for him
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Spokane Armory
Posted on April 20, 2012 at 5:41pm
The Secret Service guys will skate, the military members will likely get hosed.
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VegasMadam
Posted on April 20, 2012 at 5:17pm
***I don’t understand her not collecting the money upfront, what kind of naive ****** is this? Money is ALWAYS collected upfront … she claims she‘s a ’professional’. If this is another Sextortion I expect a book-n-movie deal to follow soon. I wonder what the average ‘tip’ is for hookers overnight in Columbia?

NEWS OF THE SCANDAL BROKE JUST AS FOUR HOME-MADE EXPLOSIVES WENT OFF….NEAR THE US EMBASSY…

http://www.waynemadsenreport.com/articles/20120415

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- Goldenyears22
  Posted on April 20, 2012 at 10:38pm
  What were these guys thinking? I can’t help but believe they have done this before and is our President so blind, naive as to not know what is going on? I doubt if he really cares, if true he’s going to be really angry? Come on, Mr. President.
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woodyb
Posted on April 20, 2012 at 4:50pm
We have been told three have already been FIRED, and I have yet to see where the first three were actually FIRED!!!!!!!!!!!!!

One was allowed to RETIRE, with full retirement benefits,
One was allowed to RESIGN, with no black marks on his record, and
The third was RECOMMENDED for dismissal, but until action is taken he remains on the payroll.

The one who was allowed to resign is probably already in line for another government job in another agency.
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thegreatcarnac
Posted on April 20, 2012 at 4:44pm
These Secret Service men listened to their penis too much. Penises get you in trouble about half the time. I know I do not listen to my penis as much as I used to because he always had me in trouble. Sometimes…he was right….boy…was he right. But sometimes….he got me in a bind. Never let the little head think for the big head. However…I do consult him now and then.
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- teebubba
  Posted on April 20, 2012 at 8:36pm
  I still listen to mine but it doesn’t have much to say anymore…
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moreteaplease
Posted on April 20, 2012 at 4:24pm
The SS staff is probably looked at as highly expendable so this is no big deal to the WH.

I’m not condoning what they did but how is it that bringing a prostitute back to your hotel room is so much more of an offense than letting guns cross over the border into Mexico or essentially spitting on the Constitution? Why have there been no firings over these kinds of things?
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- lukerw
  Posted on April 20, 2012 at 4:41pm
  Does Satan BBQ the Demons… or just the Christian Sinners?
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barber2
Posted on April 20, 2012 at 4:17pm
Judging from the past behavior of the Obama Administration, I’d bet someone in that Secret Service group displeased one of the thin-skinned administration….love to know the whole story BEHIND this entire affair…
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- LestWeForget
  Posted on April 20, 2012 at 5:22pm
  I have to say, I have wondered this, too. This story seems so beneath the SS and the Military and just doesn’t add up. How could so many (21 people) show such poor judgment? These are some very well-scrutinized folks. Who wouldn’t pay $47 (or whatever the rate) to keep the peace, unless he didn’t know she was a prostitute? Do you REALLY think these service members did cocaine, as was reportedly found in the hotel room (unless that’s been debunked)? They are randomly drug tested – would they really risk it? Where were the 42 (21 hookers and 21 military folks), because they couldn’t all have been in the same hotel room!? Need more info.
  
  I have been turned into a cynic by the media and this President (and those surrounding him). Thus, my cynical opinion is that a lesson is being taught to these folks who probably have little or no respect for the office-holder, and it was all a set-up to embarrass them and show them who’s in charge and give them a taste of what will happen if they ever fall out of line or tell the truth about what they hear and see. Even the advance teams must be privy to things this administration would never want leaked.
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RJJinGadsden
Posted on April 20, 2012 at 4:14pm
This whole incident has stumped and stymied me. I’ve worked a number of PSD missions well in the past and some for lengthy periods of time. We were taught by Army CID specialists in the field and the training was based on Secret Service training. I had always looked up to these guys and had thought they were the epitome in their profession. In the past when certain politicians and dignitaries went overseas for certain reasons other than the president and vice president, CID most often picked up the PSD mission in the Army personnel were near enough. I can only imagine that in some areas the USAF and Navy picked up some of these missions. So, the military has a lengthy heritage in the same missions. I do know now that the Secret Service has grown and picks up more of these missions. It just truly bothers me that internal leadership has let some things go to the point they got to this. No, I will not be so silly as to blame 0bama. I certainly do not care for 0bama, but I can see this goes back further than he could have had any affect. Not sure what the Bush admin did, but I have read and heard they were far better treated then. I would venture to say a lot of this goes back to the Clinton administration and maybe back to the Carter years. I understand they were so poorly treated during those terms that the roots for such activity may have been planted then. Likely, a reduction in funds for their continued training and weapons qualifications too. Continued:
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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on April 20, 2012 at 4:17pm
  Or, there are some of those idiots that just meet the peter principle and get promoted anyway.
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- hangthebastids
  Posted on April 20, 2012 at 6:32pm
  very true…
  the problem goes way back.
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- Paleo Archer
  Posted on April 21, 2012 at 12:04pm
  ….. it‘s good these bozo’s stepped on it, as they won’t have a chance to “Lead” an Agency or be promoted and continue to pollute the service. Purge quickly and move on!
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RLTW
Posted on April 20, 2012 at 4:07pm
I’m sure the three who interviewed Ted will need to be fired for not finding reason enough to jail him.
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elosogrande
Posted on April 20, 2012 at 4:06pm
If these guys and/or their families are allowed pension and healthcare benifits, the people making that decision should be fired as well – without pensions or healthcare. Too many public employees do a bad job, or do bad things, and are “let go”; but Taxpayers end up supporting them and their families for the rest of their lives.

That’s not FAIR. If you screw up, you lose your benefits.
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- LestWeForget
  Posted on April 20, 2012 at 5:26pm
  I agree on some level, but (oh boy please I don’t want to sound like a liberal) the family members didn’t do this. Wives and kids who, believe me, sacrificed alot for their husbands’ careers.
  
  I also think to lose one’s earned benefits should require a trial, not a bureaucrat’s decision, which would make it way to easy to manipulate and harm political enemies. Let’s face it, this could really be just that, a political set up and take down.
  
  Maybe trails are always required to have benefits dropped, I don’t know.
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Popp40
Posted on April 20, 2012 at 4:05pm
So will there be any firing at the WH level? Or will they come out of this smelling like a rose (wink wink).
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- barber2
  Posted on April 20, 2012 at 4:15pm
  probably replacing with some more of the WH’s own choosing ? Who picks the SS agents for this duty ?
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Stuck_in_CA
Posted on April 20, 2012 at 4:04pm
LEAKED STRATFOR EMAILS: Democrats Manipulated The 2008 Election Results
John McCain’s 2008 campaign staff allegedly had evidence that Democrats stuffed ballot boxes in Pennsylvania and Ohio on election night, but McCain chose not to pursue voter fraud, according to internal Stratfor emails published by WikiLeaks…
http://www.businessinsider.com/leaked-stratfor-emails-democrats-tampered-with-2008-election-2012-4?utm_source=twbutton&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=defense
What’s the use???
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- hangthebastids
  Posted on April 20, 2012 at 4:06pm
  people are selected …not elected.
  
  romney dropped out in 2008 because he was promised the presidency in 2012.
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- barber2
  Posted on April 20, 2012 at 4:13pm
  Hang: always enjoy hearing from an important political insider who knows so much secret stuff ! Have you seen Obama’s school records ?
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- TEARS FOR AMERICA
  Posted on April 20, 2012 at 4:14pm
  John McCain nothing because HE HELPED Obama win. Campaign workers complained to me that the McCain front people did all they could to frustrate the whole process thereby losing the election.
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- barber2
  Posted on April 20, 2012 at 4:28pm
  HANG: “at the request of the Obama White House, former President Bill Clinton called former Colorado House Speaker Andrew Romanoff ( D) in 2012 asking him to drop his primary challenge to Democrat U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, who also had been endorsed by Obama. And Clinton made it clear that a federal job would be available for Romanoff if he would do the White House’s bidding.” ( Judicial Watch )
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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on April 20, 2012 at 4:31pm
  HANGTHEBASTIDS, correct me if I am wrong. I thought that Romney dropped out in ‘08 when Huckabee started slamming him for being a Mormon. Huckabee can put on the mask of being a nice guy most of the time, but I learned more about him than I would ever care to know back when he became governor of Arkansas when Clinton became president.
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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on April 20, 2012 at 4:42pm
  STUCK_IN_CA, McCain finally hit my radar back when he ran against Bush 41 for the nomination to become the Republican candidate. The couple of 60 Minute interviews with he and then his wife afterwards literally had the hair on the back of my neck standing on end. Rush Limbaugh’s Maverick then for McCain really made sense the first time that I heard it.
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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on April 20, 2012 at 4:47pm
  Duh! That should be “Maverick Theme” above.
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- hangthebastids
  Posted on April 20, 2012 at 5:58pm
  no, but i do know that the saudi’s paid for it.
  
  20million given to harvard.
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- hangthebastids
  Posted on April 20, 2012 at 6:02pm
  all good points and info…
  
  huckabee is a shill rino.
  
  sorry did not reply earlier …bad storms at location
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- hangthebastids
  Posted on April 20, 2012 at 6:07pm
  barber2,
  besides some high school ans some college have not seen much.
  
  do have his records from the madrassa in lebanon.
  can post those if like?
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- barber2
  Posted on April 20, 2012 at 6:17pm
  Hang: Sure. post em !
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progressiveslayer
Posted on April 20, 2012 at 4:03pm
Well Barry’s screwing us over so the SS decided to do some of their own.
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