Porn, Prostitutes and Sexual Assault: Fresh Allegations Surface Against Secret Service Agents Going Back to 2004
- Posted on June 15, 2012 at 5:30pm by
Jason Howerton
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A U.S. Secret Service Uniformed Division shield is seen on the jacket of a Uniformed Secret Service officer. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
WASHINGTON (AP) – The U.S. government has revealed details of serious allegations against Secret Service agents and officers since 2004, including claims of involvement with prostitutes, leaking sensitive information, publishing pornography, sexual assault, illegal wiretaps, improper use of weapons and drunken behavior. It wasn’t immediately clear how many of the accusations have been confirmed.
The heavily censored list, which runs 229 pages, was quietly released under the U.S. Freedom of Information Act to The Associated Press and other news organizations following the Secret Service prostitution scandal that erupted in April in Colombia. It describes accusations filed against Secret Service employees with the Homeland Security Department’s inspector general.
Some of the accusations occurred as recently as last month. In many cases, the government noted that some of the claims were resolved administratively, and others were being formally investigated.
The new disclosures of so many serious accusations lend weight to concerns expressed by Congress that the prostitution scandal exposed a culture of misconduct within the Secret Service. Secret Service Director Mark Sullivan apologized for the incident during a hearing in May but insisted that what happened in Colombia was an isolated case.
In this April 14, 2012 file photo, people walk past Hotel El Caribe in Cartagena, Colombia, where a Secret Service agent allegedly brought back an escort. The U.S. government has revealed details of serious allegations since 2004 against Secret Service agents and officers. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara, File)
Secret Service officials did not immediately respond Friday to questions about the accusations.
Sen. Susan Collins, a Maine Republican who has been investigating the Colombia scandal said while some of the allegations were “unfounded or frivolous,“ others appear to be legitimate and that ”adds to my concern about apparent misconduct by some of the personnel of this vital law enforcement agency.”
“The key question is whether these incidents indicate a larger cultural problem,” Collins said Friday.
The complaints included an alleged sexual assault reported in August 2011. In the heavily censored entry, an employee was accused of pushing a woman who also worked for the agency onto a bed during a work trip. The employee “got on top of (censored) attempting to have sex,“ even though the woman ”told (censored) ‘no’ several times.“ The entry noted that supervisors described the accused as ”a conscientious and dependable employee.“ The incident was closed with an ”administrative disposition” in February.
They also included an anonymous complaint in October 2003 that a Secret Service agent “may have been involved with a prostitution ring,” noting that two telephone numbers belonging to the agent, whose name was censored and who has since retired, turned up as part of an FBI investigation into a prostitution ring. In addition, in 2005, an employee was reported to the Washington field office for being arrested on a charge of solicitation in a park. Documents do not reveal the outcome of that case.
In 2008, an on-duty uniform division officer was arrested in a Washington prostitution sting. The officer, who was driving a marked Secret Service vehicle at the time, was placed on administrative leave, the records show. Sullivan said during the May hearing that the officer was later fired.
Other allegations include:
—October 2011: An employee was accused of sending harassing messages to a woman who interpreted them to be sexual harassment.
—March 2011: A complaint was filed involving embezzlement or theft of public money. Nearly the entire entry was censored save for a notation that it was adjudicated by a judge.
—October 2010: An employee was implicated in a national security leak. The details were censored, and the records didn’t include a disposition of the case.
—May 2012: An employee was accused of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. No details were provided, other than that the case was closed administratively.
—May 2012: An officer was videotaped, twice, wandering nude around an apartment complex.
—January 2011: Police in New York arrested an investigative support assistant on charges sexual abuse. The records do not list an outcome for the case.
—2005: An armed agent was accused of threatening to shut down a strip club because it was charging $40 for lap dances and $25 for table-side dances, which the agent said was against federal law. The incident was reported in May 2012.
Some of the allegations were obviously spurious, such as a complaint in August 2010 that a Secret Service agent had performed experiments and implanted stimulators in a citizen’s brain. The list also included dozens of complaints about fraudulent emails that circulate widely on the Internet and appear to come from the Secret Service.
A dozen Secret Service officers, agents and supervisors were implicated in the Colombia scandal and eight have been forced out of the agency. At least two employees are fighting to get their jobs back.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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kenboo1
Posted on June 17, 2012 at 10:27amWe pay a group of individuals large sums of money to perform very essential functions in the interest of maintaining safety and security in our nation and to little exception most abuse their authority and power. This goes for our local police to the people that are paid to protect our President. Most all think they are above the law because they enforce the law… Changes are coming…
Report Post »cmgnp
Posted on June 17, 2012 at 7:13am… going back to 2004 ?
Report Post »does anyone recall where they were the night before JFK was assassinated ?
they were drinking with Jack Ruby and Dallas Police officers
MRMANN
Posted on June 16, 2012 at 7:07am“Our tax dollars at work. . .”
Report Post »LameLiberals
Posted on June 15, 2012 at 10:55pmMen sleeping with prostitutes.
Not new.
This is a NON-STORY. There are so many more important things happening that are destroying our constitution and people are worried some guys slept with prostitutes. Nothing was leaked. OBAMA is leaking stories – not the men protecting him.
Report Post »dont tread
Posted on June 16, 2012 at 3:20pm“An officer was videotaped, twice, wandering nude around an apartment complex.”
YOU MEAN TO TELL ME THAT ^ ISN’T NEWS
Report Post »NOBALONEY
Posted on June 15, 2012 at 8:54pmGoing back to 2004. Another reason to blame G.W. Bush. Obama broken record.
Report Post »Dave.the.Blaze
Posted on June 15, 2012 at 8:15pmWill Sarah Palin dutifully chime in and chide Bush — like she did for Obama in the recent Columbia scandal — for what happened here? I’ll wait…….
Report Post »BarbWire
Posted on June 15, 2012 at 6:53pmThis reminds me of a book, which might have been written yesterday (though it was written about 60 years ago). “That Hideous Strength” by CS Lewis. Is the Obama administration mixed up with the N.I.C.E. organization?
Report Post »BarbWire
Posted on June 15, 2012 at 6:51pmImmorality is bad and shows a lack of integrity. The people who work for the Secret Service should be good. However, they need to have a sort of free hand in order to do their work. If the wrong people start managing them, that is potentially worse. I think Mama’s and wives should be given all of the passwords.
Report Post »Tri-ox
Posted on June 15, 2012 at 6:28pmMore distractions from team obama.
Report Post »Joyzee
Posted on June 15, 2012 at 6:23pmHow much for an Hour of Secret $ervice…
Report Post »DrunkenDuck
Posted on June 15, 2012 at 6:21pmHow do you know the “brain planting” incident was spurious? And $40 for lap dances and $25 for table side dances should be against Federal law. Blazeglory is right, it is Bush’s fault. The whole porn-naked-abuse thing is Bush’s fault. I can say in all honesty, with 100% certainty, the Obama Administration knows absolutely nothing about this or anything else.
Report Post »SLOWBIDEN
Posted on June 15, 2012 at 6:18pmPorn, prostitutes and sexual assault. Sounds like a weekend at Bill Clintons house.
Report Post »Living In NYC
Posted on June 15, 2012 at 6:13pmAhhh…a sigh of relief hits Barry’s Playhouse….now the Liar in Chief can blame Bush for this too!
Report Post »Diane TX
Posted on June 15, 2012 at 6:25pmYep, whenever anything “untoward” happens in the Obama Admin., the secret team of MSBDIT “Make Sure Bush Did It Too” springs into action.
Report Post »tckid17
Posted on June 15, 2012 at 6:06pmPossibly the Secret Service agents have repented and are “Porn Again”.
Report Post »bikerdogred1
Posted on June 15, 2012 at 6:02pmLook what these men have to work with,lying,no good drugging, slut loving,drinking politicians.Why can’t they act the same way.
Report Post »Slowman101
Posted on June 15, 2012 at 5:46pmNone of this really surprises me.
Report Post »BlazeGlory
Posted on June 15, 2012 at 5:53pmOf course. Now we know who’s fault it is. Wait for it………………………………………………………..
Report Post »…………………………………………………………………………………BUSH!
Dave.the.Blaze
Posted on June 15, 2012 at 5:36pmDoes anyone really, honestly find this surprising?
Report Post »gramma b
Posted on June 15, 2012 at 5:33pmThere was Secret Service misbehavior in Utah during the 2002 Olympics. They got teenage girls drunk and took advantage of them.
Report Post »tckid17
Posted on June 15, 2012 at 6:26pmI had a good pun for this one but I dont want to offend sacred establishments.
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