U.S. Secret Service agents recalled from Colombia - Page 5

mary bobo · #61 Apr 16, '12, 9:16 am

I'm sure this sort of things has gone on thru many administrations. And I doubt it is isolated to the Secret Service. The morals in this country have gone to heck. Rome fell under such conduct and we are well on the way. No longer is it considered an honor to be in the SS or any other such organization.

Charlotte408 · #62 Apr 16, '12, 9:41 am

They stiffed a prostitute? That's low down and dirty even from where I'm sitting SMDH.

7 Sorrows · #63 Apr 16, '12, 11:22 am

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Originally Posted by agnes therese

Do you really think the Secret Service doesn't have a code of conduct for its agents? I suggest a simple google search.

yes, i know there has to be a code of conduct, but, obviously no one is enforcing that they be followed. i don't need to do a google search thank you very much. it is common sense.

7 Sorrows · #64 Apr 16, '12, 11:23 am

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Originally Posted by mary bobo

I'm sure this sort of things has gone on thru many administrations. And I doubt it is isolated to the Secret Service. The morals in this country have gone to heck. Rome fell under such conduct and we are well on the way. No longer is it considered an honor to be in the SS or any other such organization.

i remember rumors of the secret service agents out partying in dallas the night before kennedy was assasinated. of course, a lot of things were covered up during that administration.

Charlotte408 · #65 Apr 16, '12, 12:38 pm

I wonder if these secret servicemen were actually with Hillary...that must have been one heck of a night if they were.

**catharina** · #66 Apr 16, '12, 1:14 pm

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Originally Posted by 7 Sorrows

yes, i know there has to be a code of conduct, but, obviously no one is enforcing that they be followed. i don't need to do a google search thank you very much. it is common sense.

It seems that way. Definitely.

SamH · #67 Apr 16, '12, 1:36 pm

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Originally Posted by Charlotte408

I wonder if these secret servicemen were actually with Hillary...that must have been one heck of a night if they were.

Please!!!! I really hope there are no pictures of that. These guys must drink a LOT!!!!

agnes therese · #68 Apr 16, '12, 1:55 pm

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Originally Posted by 7 Sorrows

yes, i know there has to be a code of conduct, but, obviously no one is enforcing that they be followed. i don't need to do a google search thank you very much. it is common sense.

Sorry, but you're the one who said it's disgraceful that there hadn't been rules set down. I'm glad to see you change your mind and say it's common sense to know that they DO have rules.

**gilliam** · #69 Apr 16, '12, 2:23 pm

Members of elite counter-assault team involved in Secret Service scandal

Secret Service revokes security clearances of 11 accused of misconduct...

7 Sorrows · #70 Apr 16, '12, 5:54 pm

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Originally Posted by gilliam

Members of elite counter-assault team involved in Secret Service scandal

Secret Service revokes security clearances of 11 accused of misconduct...

that sounds very serious. obviously they weren't abiding by their codes of conduct. i wonder if anyone will see they are enforced after this? i doubt it.

**catharina** · #71 Apr 16, '12, 6:38 pm

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Originally Posted by gilliam

Members of elite counter-assault team involved in Secret Service scandal

Secret Service revokes security clearances of 11 accused of misconduct...

Very serious and very sad.
Issues of national security? I don't even want to go there.

A horrible breach for the wives and children.

nordskoven · #72 Apr 17, '12, 5:20 am

Lessee...The ruckus started when one of the Secret Service guys refused to pay the prostitute. Just think... We would have never known about this security breach if the parties involved were from the Genderal Services Administration/GSA, who were papering the town with cash. May God make all of us citizens of high moral character and integrity and grant us leaders with high moral character and integrity.

CatholicBoy1957 · #73 Apr 17, '12, 5:39 am

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Originally Posted by 7 Sorrows

that sounds very serious. obviously they weren't abiding by their codes of conduct. i wonder if anyone will see they are enforced after this? i doubt it.

Why should they? The SS must see that the administration has codes of conduct. Do they follow them? A lot of people there who "self-identify" as Christians, even Catholic, who are pro-abortion, and the Catholics receive Holy Communion, all of which is against codes of conduct.

------ see, ------ do.

**catharina** · #74 Apr 17, '12, 8:42 am

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Originally Posted by nordskoven

Lessee...The ruckus started when one of the Secret Service guys refused to pay the prostitute. Just think... We would have never known about this security breach if the parties involved were from the Genderal Services Administration/GSA, who were papering the town with cash. May God make all of us citizens of high moral character and integrity and grant us leaders with high moral character and integrity.

Yep.

Allegations shine spotlight on Secret Service By the CNN Wire Staff
updated 10:43 PM EDT, Mon April 16, 2012

http://www.cnn.com/2012/04/16/us/sec...tml?hpt=hp_bn1

"The incident -- which allegedly occurred when agents and officers brought prostitutes to a hotel in Colombia -- violates strict behavior rules in an agency that aims to stay out of the spotlight, and usually succeeds, experts and officials said.

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Dan Emmett, a former Secret Service agent, said such allegations have never surfaced before, arguing that this is "a very isolated type of incident."

"The president, since the beginning of the presidential protective division (of the Secret Service) in 1902, has been on hundreds and hundreds of overseas trips. Now, this is the first time anything like this has come up. ... In my 21-year career, this was certainly not the norm, and I think this is certainly out of the ordinary," Emmett said.

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"Their job is to protect the president of the United States. They can't put themselves in a compromising position where they could be blackmailed or threatened," he said. "Nor should they bring prostitutes into a security zone 48 hours before the president of the United States is arriving."

Linda Marie · #75 Apr 17, '12, 5:19 pm

Obama Secret Service agents 'bragged about jobs, squabbled over money'

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More sordid details emerged today about the night of partying that led to an investigation of US Secret Service agents and military service members who brought Colombian prostitutes to their hotel last week.

The 11 Secret Service agents under investigation visited the Pley Club brothel in Cartagena late last Wednesday night and bragged to prostitutes, saying, "We work for Obama" and "We're here to protect him," witnesses told ABC News.

But the night ended with a heated argument over the bill, and the altercation between the agents and the club spilled onto the streets and prompted a police response, witnesses said.

Senator Susan Collins, who was briefed on the incident by Secret Service Director Mark Sullivan, revealed in a statement that 11 agents and additional members of the military -- including US Marines -- brought up to 21 women back to their hotel.

What a class act.