Prostitution, drugs alleged in State Department memo

[Cooley Hurd]

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Source: cnn.com

(CNN) -- Senior State Department and Diplomatic Security officials may have covered up or stopped investigations of inappropriate or even criminal misconduct by staff, according to an internal memo from the department's Office of the Inspector General.

The timeline surrounding the allegations places the incidents during former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's tenure, opening the possibility that a widening scandal might taint both her record and her possible political aspirations. Clinton has also taken heat for the department's response to the September 2012 attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya.

Regarding the latest allegations, CNN was provided the documents by a lawyer for a whistle-blower who is a former senior inspector general investigator.

They include:

• An active U.S. ambassador "routinely ditched his protective security detail in order to solicit sexual favors from both prostitutes and minor children," the memo says. The ambassador's protective detail and others "were well aware of the behavior," the memo asserts. When a diplomatic security officer tried to investigate, undersecretary of state for management Patrick Kennedy allegedly ordered the investigator "not to open a formal investigation."
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Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/11/politics/state-department-allegations/index.html?hpt=hp_t1

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It will be interesting to find out ties the "whistle-blower who is a former senior inspector general investigator" has with the previous admin.

[In_The_Wind]

1. Methinks that we will be seeing lots and lots of these.

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[Cooley Hurd]

3. My guess is the alleged "whistleblower" is a holdover from the prevous admin...

All of the supposed "State Dept" scandals have been "outed" by the holdovers.

[In_The_Wind]

6. We'll see where the truth will come from.

There will be more.

[clarice]

2. Good grief.....I'm joining the Green Party. nt

[cosmicone]

11. Based simply upon mere allegations by a person whose motives are suspect?

Aren't you overreacting?

[historylovr]

4. Re: 'ties...with the previous admin.'

You don't muck out your barn you start to get an awful stench in there.

[Iliyah]

5. I think they know

Hillary is planning on running so from here to 2016 everything will be thrown at her. That said, if true, it's wrong and should be investigated and prosecuted on the staff members who have done what is stated in the article.

[heaven05]

7. all

these so-called scandals to keep things in a tizzy. Fools, clowns, hypocrites and sheeple are in control of politics and media in this country and evil people are in control of corporate fascism. We are the recipients of the 'leadership' of this country and.....

[Iliyah]

8. I remember all the scandals during the Clinton

presidency. There is a common trend here from the right. We will have to go through this every time a Dem or Independent (not right) holds the office? This shit needs to stop now.

[RandiFan1290]

9. Security Contractors

Guess who?

[Proud Public Servant]

10. I work for State

Investigators are usually career civil servants, not political employees. Doesn't mean s/he isn't politically motivated, but I doubt the "ties to the previous administration" dog will hunt.

[kelliekat44]

12. Epect more and more of this stuff as the economy improves and the administration clamps down on more

criminal behavior by the elites. No matter what good this President does, he will always be the target of vicious attacks just because of who he is.

[monmouth3]

13. And Hillary hasn't even declared her intentions yet...LOL..n/t

[SugarShack]

14. Google the Franklin Cover Up and learn how officials like children!

[maxrandb]

15. Anyone who thinks that all of these shitstorms

are NOT an attempt to make sure the Billionaire funded Baggers get a super majority in the 2014 elections, is full of shit.

Lead media story today is "Another Scandal for Obama", as if he was the one chasing hookers in a foreign port.

They can no longer talk about the economy, so their only hope is to throw enough shit and hope some of it sticks.

On Recruiting Duty in the Navy, we used to call the last of the month "Spaghetti Day", because the fucking recruiters would throw a bunch of "borderline" folks on deck to see if any would make it through.

[OKNancy]

16. Posted yesterday - Duplicate topic - Locking

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