WASHINGTON, April 24 (UPI) —The number of U.S. military members suspected of official misconduct in a Colombian prostitution scandal has risen to 12, a Defense Department official said. The official told CNN another military member has admitted to leadership he
Vice President Joe Biden speaking at the Florida Everglades on Monday joked about his Secret Service detail threatening to shoot the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commissioner Ronald Bergeron
WASHINGTONThe White House says President Barack Obama’s lawyers have concluded that no member of his White House staff engaged in improper conduct in Cartagena, Colombia. Obama spokesman Jay Carney says the White House counsel’s office undertook a review as due
It has often been said that former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin lives rent-freein the heads of President Barack Obama and those of his top brass in the WhiteHouse. On Friday, this was evident when the Obama Administration,which has even attempted
MSNBC and Martin Bashir yet again waged an hour-long war on former AlaskaGov. Sarah Palin by accusing Palinof “bragging” about being “checked out” by a fired secret service agent. Bashir said the terminated federal employee made Palin “relevant for a
US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta begins his first Latin America tour Monday, traveling to Colombia, Brazil and Chile to bolster bilateral military cooperation and regional security ties. Panetta is “looking to expand the defense and security cooperation with three important
(AP) Hill panels expanding probes of Secret ServiceBy TOM RAUM and ALICIA CALDWELLAssociated PressWASHINGTONCongressional committees are widening their investigations into an alleged U.S. Secret Service scandal involving prostitutes in Colombia ahead of a recent trip there by President Barack Obama.
CNN’s Don Lemon gave some harsh criticism of President Obama in his “no talking points” segment. He said that Palin was correct that it was time for the Administration to take some responsibility for the actions of the GSA and
Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., and Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas talk about their committee’s investigations into Cartagena and what they think should happen to the agents involved.
While I hate to destroy anyone’s delusions, I think it is high time that the RNC grew up and faced reality. For openers, if this primary season has taught us anything, it’s that the GOP needs to address its laundry
David Chaney spent his career protecting some of the world’s most influential politicians. On Chaney’s public Facebook page, readers can find pictures of him standing watch over former Vice Presidential candidate, Sarah Palin. The 48-year-old is now trying to protect
(AP) Ousted Secret Service supervisor joked about PalinALICIA A. CALDWELLAssociated PressWASHINGTONSarah Palin says the joke’s on the ousted Secret Service supervisor who wrote on Facebook that he was “checking her out” while protecting the former Republican vice presidential candidate during
Nick Kristof continued his crusade against child sex trafficking this week–a noble cause, except that he and the newspaper that pays him may be making money, indirectly, from the same crime. As Breitbart News revealed on April 12, the New
The Motor City Madman does not pose a threat to the Commander in Chief. Ted Nugent’s recent verbal assault against the Obama administration at an NRA convention caught the attention of the Secret Service. But The Hill reports that Secret
Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Harry Reid (D-NV) condemned the Secret Service agents charged with prostitution while in Colombia, Pelosi calling their behavior “disgusting,” Reid calling it “stupid.”
The US Secret Service said three employees will leave their jobs over the sex scandal in a hotel in Colombia which tarnished the elite presidential protection agency’s image. Two leading congressmen meanwhile revealed in a letter to Secret Service chief
WASHINGTON, April 17 (UPI) — The Secret Service said it will “follow up” on remarks by rocker Ted Nugent that he will be “dead or in jail” if U.S. President Barack Obama is re-elected. The conservative rock guitarist and spokesman
The Secret Service prostitution scandal continues to grow today with the Washington Post reporting that “as many as 20 U.S. Secret Service and military personnel might have been involved” in the procuring of prostitutes in Caragena, Colombia. At least nine
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Twenty or 21 women were brought back to the hotel in Colombia by U.S. Secret Service agents and members of the U.S. military in an incident last week involving alleged misconduct with prostitutes, U.S. Senator Susan Collins
In light of the recent scandal involving possibly 20 U.S. Secret Service agents having patronized prostitutes in Colombia (including one whom reportedly refused to pay his hooker her $47 fee), Rush Limbaugh wanted to know: Did the prostitutes have to
US President Barack Obama came to Colombia hoping to defend US trade interests in Latin America. Instead, he found himself isolated on Cuba, and faced with a Secret Service sex scandal. Pressure from his counterparts at the Summit of the
(AP) Split over Cuba could sink hemispheric summitsBy FRANK BAJAK and VIVIAN SEQUERAAssociated PressCARTAGENA, ColombiaCould this weekend’s gathering of about 30 Western Hemisphere leaders be the last Summit of the Americas? The question hung in the air as the leaders
(AP) Secret Service scandal deepens; 11 placed on leaveBy JULIE PACE and LIBARDO CARDONAAssociated PressCARTAGENA, ColombiaAn embarrassing scandal involving prostitutes and Secret Service agents deepened Saturday as 11 agents were placed on leave, and the agency designed to protect President
By JULIE PACE and FRANK BAJAKAssociated PressCARTAGENA, ColombiaAlleged misconduct by a dozen Secret Service agents sent to provide security for President Barack Obama in Colombia threatened to overshadow his diplomatic mission to Latin America. On Friday night, a caller who
By JULIE PACE and FRANK BAJAKAssociated PressCARTAGENA, ColombiaA U.S. lawmaker says a “significant number” of Secret Service agents involved in an alleged prostitution scandal at an international summit brought women back to their hotel rooms before President Barack Obama arrived
