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Secret Service Boss: Sorry About the Hookers

Kevin Spak — Wed, 23 May 2012 11:28:42 CDT

Secret Service Director Mark Sullivan testified on Capitol Hill today, apologizing for the first time for the Colombian prostitution scandal—even as the Senate Homeland Security Committee brought new indiscretions to light. Employees "did some really dumb things," Sullivan said, assuring lawmakers that the behavior "is not representative" of the...

Secret Service Agents Fight Dismissal

Rob Quinn — Wed, 23 May 2012 05:32:00 CDT

Four of the Secret Service agents forced out of their jobs over the Colombian sex scandal have decided that they're not going down without a fight, the Washington Post finds. The agents claim that they are being made scapegoats for behavior the agency has long tolerated . And so they're challenging...

Secret Service's Real Problem: It Endangers the President

Evann Gastaldo — Wed, 02 May 2012 13:57:15 CDT

Ronald Kessler, the former Washington Post reporter who originally broke the Secret Service sex scandal story to the Post , has news for you: Prostitution is far from the agency's biggest problem. Much worse is its "lax management culture that condones cutting corners, directly endangering the life of the president," Kessler...

Secret Service Memo: No Booze 10 Hours Before Work

Mark Russell — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 06:14:00 CDT

Memo to Secret Service agents: no more drinking alcohol within 10 hours of working; no bringing foreigners to your hotel rooms; and, no going to "non-reputable" establishments. Those are just three items in a 10-point list of rules handed out to agency employees yesterday, as the Secret Service tries to...

'Curse of the Unpaid Prostitute' Befalls Agents

John Johnson — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 13:30:05 CDT

Those Secret Service agents in Colombia got what they had coming to them because one in their midst violated a code of honor of sorts, writes a former merchant seaman in the Washington Post : He didn't pay his prostitute. "In my day, seamen were convinced that this was such a...

State Dept's 'Take Your Kids to Work Day' R-Rated

Matt Cantor — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 08:25:42 CDT

"Take Your Kids to Work Day" was quite the titillating experience at the State Department this year. Despite the presence of youngsters, reporters didn't censor their questions about the Secret Service sex scandal at a Q&A yesterday, Politico reports. They mentioned sex seven times, prostitution four times, and strippers once....

Secret Service Has Another Prostitution Scandal

Kevin Spak — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 13:02:32 CDT

Looks like there are teeth to the rumors that the Secret Service's Colombian sex adventure wasn't a one-time thing . The Service is investigating reports that its agents were serviced by prostitutes on a trip to El Salvador in March of last year, according to the Hill . A government subcontractor told...

Fired Secret Service Agents: This Happens All the Time

Kevin Spak — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 12:01:59 CDT

Several agents who were pressured into resigning in the Secret Service prostitution scandal are contemplating fighting for their jobs—and naming names to do it, sources close to them tell the Washington Post . The agents say they're being unfairly punished, because managers have tolerated similar dalliances in the past. "Of...

Obama Blames 'Knuckleheads' for Scandal at Secret Service

John Johnson — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 17:48:54 CDT

President Obama tried to defuse the Secret Service scandal a bit during an interview with Jimmy Fallon that airs tonight, reports USA Today . The agents on the whole are "incredible," said Obama. “They protect me, they protect our girls. A couple of knuckleheads shouldn’t detract from what they do. What...