Women in Secret Service scandal not tied to cartels, terrorism: report

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

Women in Secret Service scandal not tied to cartels, terrorism: report

WASHINGTON | Wed May 2, 2012 12:45am EDT

(Reuters) - Secret Service personnel implicated in a prostitution scandal in Colombia paid 10 of the 12 women they were involved with and none of the women were found to be connected to terrorism or drug cartels, the Washington Post reported on Tuesday.

Late on Tuesday, Secret Service officials submitted 24 pages of written answers to congressional committees investigating last month's scandal which occurred ahead of President Barack Obama's visit to Cartagena, the newspaper reported.

The Post reported that congressional officials who read the responses said the agency considered the document "law enforcement sensitive" and is asking the committees not to release it publicly.

Secret Service investigators have interviewed 10 of the 12 women involved — who range in age from 20 to 39 — and plan to speak with the others as well, the paper said.

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[Blue_Tires]

1. so, tips for next time:

1. Pay the kind woman for her services

2. If she makes a fuss and hotel security calls the local cops, DO NOT go into the "Do you know who I am?" attitude, because it never works out well for you in the end

[Mc Mike]

2. +1. Thanks for the post, but

it strains credulity to believe that the organized crime drug cartels are willing to kill, torture, mutilate, and run drugs to make a profit, but they draw the line at prostitution. Or that there is a prostitution-only organized crime outfit in Colombia, that is strong enough to stand toe-to-toe with the drug cartels.

[The Magistrate]

3. You Are Aware, Sir, It is Legal There?

[Mc Mike]

4. No, M. I didn't know.

You definitely gave me some info that I didn't have before, so thank you.

But it's legal to run a wide variety of businesses in the US, that are still subject to protection and extortion rackets, right down to mom and pop grocery stores and restaurants. Gambling is legal in Vegas, and organized crime keeps turning up there, in 'key employee' positions that they aren't allowed to hold, according to state law.

The cartels are organized crime, and know what's going on in their neighborhoods. They don't strike me as the sort of people who WOULDN'T lean on legal prostitutes, for a piece of the action. But I've never been to Colombia, or a prostitute, so it's purely a speculative statement on my part.