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Supreme Court sides with Secret Service agents in free-speech case
A Colorado man has lost his bid to sue two Secret Service agents who allegedly had him arrested in retaliation for critical comments he made to then-Vice President Dick Cheney during a public meet and greet event at a local shopping mall. The man, Steven Howards, filed a lawsuit against…
Secret Service chief apologizes for sex scandal
WASHINGTON — The head of the Secret Service apologized Wednesday for the sex scandal in Colombia that tarnished the reputation of the elite security force, as allegations of more misconduct surfaced. The Secret Service has been scrambling to contain fallout from the mid-April affair involving prostitutes and its agents in…
Colombian prostitute: Secret Service agents were ‘stupid brutes’
In her first television interview with U.S. media, the Colombian prostitute at the center of a scandal with U.S. Secret Service agents says that President Barack Obama’s advance team was more concerned with partying than security. “These seem like completely stupid, idiotic people,” Dania Londono Suarez told NBC’s Michelle Kosinski.…
Colombian prostitute said Secret Service agents withheld $800 for services
One of the Colombian prostitutes involved in a sex scandal with US Secret Service agents broke her silence Friday to tell how she had begged for hours to be paid $800 for her services. “I told him, there’s a problem here. Because if I had come with you to enjoy…
New Secret Service rules ban visits to ‘non-reputable establishments’
WASHINGTON — Embarrassed over a Colombia sex scandal, the US Secret Service released new conduct guidelines Friday that forbid agents from visiting “non-reputable establishments” or bringing foreigners to their hotel rooms. The “enhanced standards of conduct,” which are effective immediately, also forbid agents in the presidential protection force from consuming…
Obama: Secret Service agents in scandal are ‘knuckleheads’
CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina — US President Barack Obama on Tuesday branded Secret Service agents embroiled in a Colombian prostitute scandal as “knuckleheads” who should not detract from the “incredible” work of the rest of his elite bodyguard unit. “The Secret Service, these guys are incredible,” Obama said at a…
11 now investigated in Secret Service scandal
The US military said Friday it is now investigating 11 service members linked to the growing sex scandal in Colombia that has rocked the president’s Secret Service. The Pentagon had initially said five troops were implicated and later said there were 10 suspects. “I can tell you now, based on…
Sex scandal claims jobs of 3 Secret Service agents
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 Mark Sullivan obtained by ABC News that agents accused of consorting with prostitutes may have been…
Despite scandal, Obama confident in Secret Service boss
WASHINGTON — The White House Tuesday expressed confidence in the chief of the US Secret Service, but the elite bodyguard unit’s Colombian sex scandal deepened, with claims that 20 women were involved. Secret Service Director Mark Sullivan is coming under increasing political pressure over allegations that agents sent to the…
Hate group leader: ‘Open homosexuality’ caused Secret Service scandal
The leader of an anti-LGBT rights group on Monday said a scandal where Secret Service agents were caught with female prostitutes in Columbia was actually the fault of “open homosexuality in our military.” Speaking to conservative radio host Janet Mefferd, Tony Perkins, head of the Family Research Council — a…
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