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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...

DEA Agents Probed for Hiring Colombian Prostitutes

Rob Quinn — Tue, 22 May 2012 04:07:13 CDT

Looks like Secret Service agents weren't the only feds misbehaving in Colombia. The Drug Enforcement Administration is investigating three of its agents for hiring prostitutes in the country, sources tell CBS . The investigation of the agents—who have been removed from Colombia—was opened based on information from a Secret...

Secret Service Were 'Bunch of Fools': Hooker

Neal Colgrass — Sun, 06 May 2012 15:05:05 CDT

A prostitute at the heart of the Secret Service sex scandal has gone on Colombian TV and called the agents "a bunch of fools," the Telegraph reports. Dania Londono Suarez went on: "I could have done a thousand other things. If I had wanted to, I could have gone through...

Secret Service Agent Named

Neal Colgrass — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 15:39:41 CDT

Looks like it's time to name names in the Secret Service prostitution scandal. An insider tells CNN that the agent who argued over pay with an alleged hustler is one Arthur Huntington, who has left the Service. He won't talk to reporters, but his neighbors say the 41-year-old is married...

1,400 Cops Keep McCartney Safe in Colombia

Evann Gastaldo — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 10:41:05 CDT

At a concert last week in crime-ridden Bogota, Colombia, Paul McCartney was very, very safe—because he was surrounded by 1,400 police officers. Given, some 30,000 music lovers did attend the concert, the Telegraph reports, and police occupied a five-block radius around the stadium in which he performed....

Booted Secret Service Agent Looks to Sue

Matt Cantor — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 08:47:05 CDT

As the investigation into the Secret Service sex scandal unfolds, one of the agents driven out is set to sue, a congressional insider tells CBS News . Congress expects more resignations in the matter within days, according to Rep. Peter King. While reports have held that three agents have been forced...

Escort in Colombia: 'I Tell Him, 'Baby, My Cash Money'

John Johnson — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 03:40:00 CDT

The Secret Service scandal has cost three agency employees their jobs so far, reports AP . (One quit, one supervisor retired, and another supervisor is in the process of being fired.) The New York Times , meanwhile, scored an interview with the 24-year-old escort at the heart of the case, the...

Agents Boasted About Work to Prostitutes: Sources

Mary Papenfuss — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 02:04:44 CDT

In another apparent security breach, Secret Service agents in Colombia bragged to prostitutes that they were in charge of protecting President Obama, sources tell ABC News . As they partied at a sex club, members of the president’s advance team allegedly boasted: “We work for Obama,” and “we’re here to protect...

21 Prostitutes May Have Visited Secret Service Hotel

Matt Cantor — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 17:47:20 CDT

Up to 21 prostitutes may have joined 11 Secret Service agents and not five but as many as nine military personnel in their hotel in Colombia , officials now say. As those numbers tick up, other numbers emerge—related to the payment that brought the scandal to light. The Washington Post...