Feds Probe Secret Service Scandal
Investigators have determined that as many as 20 U.S. Secret Service and military personnel might have been
involved in the hotel misconduct in Cartagena, Colombia, as the scandal that erupted during President Obama’s
trip to the country
last week put high-level officials on the defensive. A preliminary investigation by the Defense Department, which included a review of video from hotel security cameras, found that nine military personnel were possibly involved in the carousing at the center of the probe, congressional sources familiar with the probe said. Already,
11 Secret Service agents have been placed on leave
amid allegations they entertained prostitutes, potentially one of the most serious lapses at the organization in years/
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(AP photo: U.S. secret service in Cartagena, Colombia at 6th Summit of the Americas at the Saturday)
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