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Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano walks into a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on April 25, 2012 in Washington, DC.
There was no risk to President Barack Obama as a result of a prostitution scandal at a Colombia hotel that involved a dozen Secret Service officers, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano told a Senate panel Wednesday.
Napolitano, who was facing questions from the Senate Judiciary Committee for the first time since the scandal erupted earlier this month, testified that the alleged behavior by Secret Service employees is "inexcusable" and a "thorough and full investigation is under way." She said the officers' behavior "was not part of the Secret Service way of doing business."
"All 12...have either faced personnel action or been cleared of serious misconduct," Napolitano said. "We will not allow the actions of a few to tarnish the proud legacy of the Secret Service."
Napolitano also said part of the investigation will include a review of training to see "what if anything needs to be tightened up."
When asked by committee Chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., if Secret Service officers are specifically training on issues related to having intimate relationships with foreign nationals, she said the training is "focused on professionalism, on conduct consistent of the highest moral standards."
Napolitano also testified that the Secret Service Office of Professional Responsibility, which is investigating the incident in Cartagena, Colombia, had not received any similar complaints of misconduct in the last 2 ½ years.
The Homeland Security inspector general is also supervising the investigation and "the investigatory resources of the Secret Service," she said, adding that she expect the inspector general to do a complete investigation.
Leahy said before the hearing that he wanted to know how thorough the investigation into the misconduct has been and whether such behavior by Secret Service officers has been tolerated in the past.
Related: Washington delicate about Secret Service scandal
"I think that's a very legitimate question. And I've raised it twice with the director of the Secret Service. We'll raise it again," Leahy told NBC's "Today Show."
The Secret Service announced late Tuesday that all 12 implicated officers had been dealt with: eight forced out, one stripped of his security clearance and three cleared of wrongdoing, all within two weeks of the night in question.
The scandal erupted after a fight over payment between a Colombian prostitute and a Secret Service employee spilled into the hallway of the Hotel Caribe ahead of President Barack Obama's arrival at the Summit of the Americas in Cartagena. A dozen military personnel have also been implicated, and Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said they have had their security clearances suspended.
Obama said Tuesday the employees at the center of the scandal were not representative of the agency that protects his family in the glare of public life. "These guys are incredible. They protect me. They protect Michelle. They protect the girls. They protect our officials all around the world," the president said on NBC's "Late Night With Jimmy Fallon."
"A couple of knuckleheads shouldn't detract from what they do," Obama added. "What these guys were thinking, I don't know. That's why they're not there anymore."
Lawmakers across Congress say they are concerned about the security risk posed by the proximity the prostitutes — as many as 20, all foreign nationals — had to personnel with sensitive information on the president's plans.
"No one wants to see the president's security compromised or America embarrassed," Leahy said.
Related: 3 more Secret Service employees forced out in Colombia prostitution scandal
Napolitano said that there was no risk to the president. Questions about the culture of the agency, she said, are still being investigated but she was not aware of this being a wider problem.
"This behavior was not part of the Secret Service way of doing business," Napolitano testified. "We are going to make sure that standards and training, if they need to be tightened up they are tightened."
Elsewhere on Capitol Hill, House Speaker John Boehner said the scandal is an embarrassment to the agency and the United States, but stopped short of calling for an independent investigation.
"What I'm looking for are the facts. I don't want to just jump out there and make noise just to be making noise," Boehner told reporters. "Let's get to the bottom of this."
The Colombia scandal has been widely denounced by official Washington, but it's a delicate political matter in an election year with the presidency and congressional majorities at stake. All sides have praised Secret Service Director Mark Sullivan's swift action and thorough investigation, in part because he's spent significant time keeping key lawmakers in the loop. Pentagon officials, too, are investigating and are expected to brief Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin and ranking Republican John McCain on Wednesday.
In a similar but unrelated incident, Panetta said Tuesday that three Marines on a U.S. Embassy security team and one embassy staff member were punished for allegedly pushing a prostitute out of a car in Brasilia, Brazil, last year after a dispute over payment. Panetta, speaking in Brasilia, said he had "no tolerance for that kind of conduct."
The military investigation into the Cartagena incident is continuing.
Another Senate panel is looking for a pattern of misconduct. Sen. Joe Lieberman, chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, told reporters on Tuesday that he'll hold hearings on the service's culture and whether clear rules exist on how employees should behave when they are off duty but on assignment.
"I want to ask questions about whether there is any other evidence of misconduct by Secret Service agents in the last five or 10 years," Lieberman said. "If so, what was done about it, could something have been done to have prevented what happened in Cartagena? And now that it has happened, what do they intend to do?"
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Secret Service personnel & military members on duty in forign countries, young men with raging hormones putting their lives on the line day in and day out should have had more decorum...but to dismiss them??? WHY are the politicians caught in extra marital affairs...public sex scandals in public restrooms, giving hush money to mistresses, having children outside their marriage, using taxpayer phones to conduct tryst meeting spots, going AWOL from duties as officials to travel abroad to see their mistress....
ARE any one of these politicians forced out?
Have their security clearances been stripped?
You'd think THEY would know better?
Where are the Senate committee hearing on THEIR fellow legislaters actions?
You act surprised that Congress has a double standard. I am surprised that there is anyone left in the country that can be shocked.
I am inclined not to trust a single word coming out of Janet Napolitano's or Eric Holder's mouths. If she says "...a thorough investigation is underway." What I hear is "Okay, we'll sweep it under the rug and look for scapegoats. Preferably, the guys at the bottom!"
Right on the mark Big Jerz.
Ed-NavDoc- I don't trust her either. Last time she was questioned she didn't know anything either. I wonder why these people continue to hold the positions they do, when 1. They can't do their jobs 2. They never know what is going on within their own departments and constantly have to "look into it."
Yeah - to dismiss people that are unable to exercise self control when they are charged with very important service to the United States.
Imagine that noble standard.
I see few who are able to meet it.
Maybe that is because we only found out about this incident when they treated the prostitute like the National Debt used her services with no money to pay for it...............Priceless.
Cartagena, Colombia.....blow capitol of the world. Maybe they should have been drug tested, too.
I believe that is the job that some of the agents paid the prostitutes for..........oh wait you meant the drug.......nevermind.
Isn't it time to move on from this story?
I agree, Big Jerz. Why aren't politicians kicked out? Are they above the law and moral standards? Shouldn't we hold ALL politicians to the same standards
I don't understand why it's a big deal. It's only about consenting sex isn't it? If a commander in chief can get a BJ in the oval office with an intern, what is the big deal for these guys to get a little action that is legal?
Big Jerz
you hit the nail on the head
Too bad for clinton she didn't swallow the evidence!!
"This behavior was not part of the Secret Service way of doing business," Napolitano testified.
Hmmmm, then why did it happen, Janet??????
"testified that the alleged behavior by Secret Service employees is "inexcusable" and a "thorough and full investigation is under way." She said the officers' behavior "was not part of the Secret Service way of doing business."
Who cares what you think Janet. What I find "inexcusable" about YOU is how you lie to the American public telling us that our borders have never been more secure. The corrupt DOJ needs to do an "thorough and full investigation" on you. Is lying to the American public about our safety your way of doing business?
The only question I have is what qualifications does Napolitano have in order to get the job that she has.
Secret Service protection for over 900 foreign trips and 1300 domestic trips in just the past 3.5 years. But hey, Obama ushered in party time in Washington. From concerts at the White House, world tours, golf, basketball, vacations, to lavish GSA junkets to Vegas. It has been party time on the taxpayers dime. Why shouldn't the Secret Service get to join in the fun?
Wow .. so many of you get off the point of the story and instead go off the deep end with youe own 'personal hate agendas" -- These agents screwed up -- action has been taken and invrestations are under way -- what else do you want? Of course there is a "double standard" when it comes to members of congress -- this is true about many things. It is interestig that "everyone" is coming out of the "wood work' to demand answers ..with "holier than thy" attitudes. They all want to get their pices of the "spot light' --especially in a election year. Butyou can not blame the President or Ms. Naolotano for the action or misdeed of ever single employee of the government -- anymore than i can blame you because the guy who works for the landcaper you hired once -- got busted for a DWI last weekend -- You can not personal control the action of everyone all the time -- Yoi can only look into what happened, make sure that it does not happen again and "when in your power -- get rid of the "bad apples" -- .
Only celebate, tea-totaling boy scouts should be allowed into the secret service or the military.
I suppose Mrs. Napolitano could use this same excuse for border security.
From an American taxpayer to Mrs. Napolitano: "It is "inexcusable" that you cannot control our borders."
Wait, there "was no risk to" the American people "as a result of" my failed leadership to protect our borders from ILLEGAL entry which is creating discontent with the American people over who is actually responsible to uphold Federal Immigration laws.
Yep, had to use this opportunity to "waiver" to Mrs. Napolitano's "other" sub-agency.
Mrs. Napolitano reminds me of Mrs. Romer in the picture....snicker, snicker, snicker.
jak-3696747
A brown nose.
Ido
Janet is not married, its Mz
No Guy could stand it.
Did anyone ever look into Janet's background? She was a bad gov and a worse DA. She has been a failure at all she does, so by all means, make her head of homeland security? whatever that means. I have pe
rsonal knowledge of what she failed at. Everything
Rontron.....Thanks for the info....will make sure of "status" on my future posts.
I trust Ms. Napolitano as far as I could throw her....maybe 1/2 foot.
Time for Ms. Napolitano to have a "Green Dinner" with the First Lady and get rid of those Starbucks Mochas.
Oh how I love the above! Now then, if you would have any class, which you don't, obviously, you resign from your position since the "inexcusable scandal" happened on your watch! That is what any unqualified "boss" would do to get out and away. But, I guess it is your democratic cluelessness that thinks you are better than others and you stick around continuing to do a lousy job.
Shame on you Napolitano!
You know whats inexcusable Janet is your lack of interest in keeping our borders safe from who knows who 8(
I guess keeping us American Citizens safe is not a top priority.
You suck at your job
Obama can't really be held responsible for the Secret Service actions but, his attitude of "I'm better than you and I am above being questioned about anything I do" has trickled down to his subordinates.
Rush Limbaugh and Hannity can't really be held responsible for what you post, but their attitude of "I can accuse the president of anything I want even if it has no substance or basis in fact" has apparently trickled down to you.
Honest to goodness Floyd - even you must have laughed when you wrote that post!
Mayberry RFD is missing it's barber, they all want to know when Floyd is coming home
Floyd,
There is no doubt that Obama is shielded from probing questions, his arrogance grows daily from this isolation.
Hank,
As to Limbaugh and Hannity making statements about Obama, show any evidense where they're incorrect.
Of course not. It's Bush's fault, like all the other Obama fails.
PBgeorgia 99 you are so right, floyd-335513 I guess you feel that President Obama is also responsible for similar abuses by the military etc during their time on the Panama Canal and elsewhere. Folks were tired of the economic and social bullying etc, and refused to renew the contract for which Mr. Noriega paid a high price; however their nationals have proven, contrary to our initial opinion, that they are able to continue to manage the operations of the canal. The WALMART saga is only the tip of the iceberg of another form of bullying overseas while claiming that it is the culture of the country to bribe, and accept same. Over the past 20+ years US companies account for the largest percentage of mall construction overseas but it has been at the expense of families losing their properties as the locals give in to bribes to move them out. These companies are not subjected to financial scrutiny related to the source of their funds as done to the locals. These malls after the first 3-5 years are not generating much revenue so they move on to other countries and repeat the crime. The dollar has been used as the world's cocaine but in my recent travels a notable new generation which grew up resenting these behaviors is taking the bull by the horns. We have a lot of good to offer and do so very well, but some of our messengers have been misrepresenting us for more than 100 years. We are now facing that new generation overseas who, regardless of the outcome, are not afraid to take us on. We cannot send folk out as misguided missiles and assume that by virtue of their culture they are properly trained in matters of character, common decency, and the ability to think critically when not under supervision. MAYBE THEY NEED A GPS AS ZIMMERMAN in Florida, which would disqualify them for those responsibilities.
Hank - I, too, would like you to be specific. I will believe what Limbaugh and Hannity say long before I will believe what Napolitano and Holder say. I can tell opinion from fact. I don't like opinion from our elected leaders, I prefer facts.
To say with a straight face that what limbaugh and hannity spew is anymore true than the crap the comes from napolitano or holders mouths is being completely disingenuous. All four of them spew constant lies to try to scare people. The difference is that napolitano and holder lie more to keep power while limpbaugh and hannity lie to spread fear and hate. None of them deserve to be in the positions of power that they hold.
You can't be serious about believing Hannity and Limbaugh!?! Neither of them would know a fact if it bit them in the butt! They are both puppets of Roger Ailes and haven't had a independent thought in years. Everything they say is untethered opinion passed along as fact and, sadly for our citizens, a significant percentage believe everything they say.
Napolitano runs the largest federal agency that has ever been and really cannot be expected to know every little thing that goes on there. Also it is difficult to predict exactly what questions you might get at a Congressional Hearing so she can't prep for everything. A good answer is to say that you are going to look into the matter and get back to the questioner when you have an answer, not make it up on the fly...a particular republican talent I've noticed this primary season. Don't know what your beef with Holder is...he's running another large and diverse agency that is still getting over the Bush years and legacy.
Hannity or Rush Limbaugh are not "informed sources"--They do not nor have ever had real jobs like "real' working Americans -- They have no training, education or background in any of the subjects they talk about -- They are nothing more than self-important, self-enriching blow hards pushing an agenda to make more money for themselves and their backers -- special interests who want to make as much money as they can and keep it -- at the expense of the real working people. Thier opinions are no more valid than that of an drunk at the end of a bar. Except they get paid (too much) for their verbal crapfests!!!
The Painful Truth writes "Hannity or Rush Limbaugh are not "informed sources"--They do not nor have ever had real jobs like "real' working Americans"
You mean like President Obama who was a community organizer?
Rick,
again with the community organizer squawking point? Maybe you forgot he was a State senator and prior to that worked at the U of C. Just so you don't go around uninformed I will provide a little overview of his past jobs and comments by the people who employed President Obama:
read what his colleagues and former students have to say, and my source is the website for the
University of Chicago.
http://www.law.uchicago.edu/media
Obama had been courted by the university even before his law
degree was in hand. Michael McConnell, a noted conservative law professor then
at the U. of C., submitted an article to the Harvard Law Review while
Obama was its president. He did such a fine job of editing that McConnell wanted
to bring him to the university, says Geoffrey Stone, who was dean of the law
school at the time. "We would make him a law and government fellow, he could
work on his book [published in 1995 as Dreams from My Father], anything
else he wanted to do," Stone says. "I met him here in my office; he was
extremely impressive." Stone adds wryly, "My secretary and I agreed that one of
these days he would be governor of Illinois."
http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/June-2008/Obamas-Chicago-Posse/The-Friends-of-O/index.php?cp=2&si=1
the number of Chicago professors who have given the campaign
money, support, or expertise is legion.
Law School faculty members, meanwhile, do see certain Chicago
values reflected in their former colleague—rigor, pragmatism, respect for
competing ideas. They describe a gifted teacher whose habits of mind fit the Law
School well. Much has been made of the conservative faculty’s fondness for
Obama: Michael McConnell, JD’79, whose paper Obama edited at the Harvard Law
Review; Douglas Baird, who recruited him to Chicago; Daniel Fischel, JD’77,
who sought to boost his academic career. Obama’s legal arguments were
empirically, not ideologically, grounded, they say, and he listened well to
opponents. His disagreements weren’t vehement. Geoffrey Stone recalls his
“intellectual empathy.” Adam Bonin, JD’97, a former student, says Obama made
sure every point of view got aired in class. “If he wasn’t hearing it from a
student, he’d make the argument himself,” Bonin says. Baird explains his ability
to see complexities. “At the Law School, you don’t expect to get up and say
something like, ‘Affirmative action is an obvious good,’ and get no argument.
Constitutional law, voting rights, affirmative action—these are complicated
topics, and he was good at thinking about them in a complex way, at hearing
different points of view and defending his opinion.”
http://magazine.uchicago.edu/0810/features/obama.shtml
and Harvard Law School
http://www.law.harvard.edu/news/obama-at-hls.html
Ugh. If perceived arrogance is the worst Obama has done then good!
I guess they could be assigned babysitters to watch them to make sure they conduct themselves with respect. How did these men think this wouldn't get out? Maybe it happens all the time, who knows. Guess you have to be in the "good ol boys" club to stay under the radar until you don't pay enough money to the prostitute! I wonder how many of the men or if any of them were married. If so, probably not the first time they cheated. Their sense of entitlement amazes me.
Oh geeze, get off your high horse already. You've got this whole illusion spun where you've taken an isolated incident and woven it into this conspiracy involving the 'good ol boys club', cheating husbands and some bullsh*t about entitlement. Why not toss in some garbage about Obamacare, birth certificates, and 9/11 while your at, since you seem to trying to pile up a huge mound of sh*t to see if it stands.
And we have Grassley going on a fishing exhibition, hoping to find something else to drag out of the closet to hang on Obama's shoulders too. Enough with the retarded rhetoric already. This is NOT an institution known for a pattern of abuse. It was some off-duty government employees making a mockery of professionalism and now they are paying the price. But no, the media wants to treat this like they had just killed somebody and were caught hiding the body, just to have more talking points to toss up on the scrolling banner on our TV's.
Chris, if you really believe that 12 SS agents just decided to go see hookers for the first time in their careers you have been watching too much of Walt Disney.
This is just the first time they have been caught doing what they thought they were entitled to do while off duty. Just hide and wait, it will all come out before its over. That is unless they can find a suitable scapegoat and sweep it under the carpet.
Actually they will probably bury the article and hide it from the public like they always do. People lose interest when they don't hear about something for a while, all the time being reassured the government is doing all it can to protect us.
This might be the first international incident that has come to public attention, but I happen to know that secret service members were arrested in Iowa for public intox while "not on duty, but on assignment". That leads me to believe that the secret service thinks they can do whatever they want.
They are not some incorruptible angels from heaven. They are human just like you and I. Same opportunities to make mistakes we have yet because of the prominence they hold as guardians of our President, they are held to a much higher standard than we are. So what's the problem here? They are being fired, reprimanded and cleared just like you and I would expect to happen to ourselves in a similar situation. 'mcclori' states that "but I happen to know that secret service members were arrested in Iowa for public intox". So, they were arrested. You know about it. Where is the cover-up?
That leads me to believe that the secret service thinks they can do whatever they want. Really? What is it they did that was so wrong? Got hookers in a country where it's legal? Hell, we have legal prostitution here in the US in some parts. Are we now the great moral hypocrites to denounce it? Simply because one jacka** tried to stiff a girl? I'm 38, spent 13 years in the Navy and went around the world twice. I've had a hooker or 2 in my time as well. It's a non issue. Time for the head hunting to stop and move on.
This is the true agenda behind the charade of the congress. Try to pin something on Obama while at the same time the congress is the most corrupt organization around. Maybe it is time to convene a grand jury to look into all of the congressional abuses of power and whoring. At least the SS was off duty while they were doing their screwing. Congress screws the entire country a lot worse than the agents getting laid did, and they think the public is too stupid to realize it or do anything about it.
Time to start kicking the worst incumbents out of office and keep doing it until the people get someone in office who will actually give a damn about the citizens and the country. Let's hope it starts to happen with this election.
Remember now, if you are going to question the secretary, use simple easy to understand words and phrases and speak v e r y slowly and allow 5-10 minutes for a response.
so that even someone like you with your limited comprehension skills might be able to understand?
@Tony ~ Yes, I realize that is how most people speak to you --so you can understand. Hope none of these words were too hard for you!
What would this COW know about men's bad habbits .
she would probably know how to spell "habits"....
Mike,
Look at her picture. She ain't a cow.....she's a BULL....
Check to see if there is a tail.
I'm surprised People magazine didn't list her as one of the beautiful women in the world. They listed Michelle Obama, so why not Napolitano?
napolitiano..could tare a...boneaparto...
believe me Mr Napolotano is just jealous he didn't participate.
I'm from Arizona I question anything she/he does. But I don't hold her responsible for this, but I also don't see her doing anything about it either just look at the boarder she protected and now states is safer then when she was Governor. And she is the head of HLS and protecting the whole Country, time to worry. Someone asked how she got the job, she was part of Obama's campaign in AZ.
This is a management issue. If the voters don't feel the management is effective, they should change the executive (President) who appointed inept folks like Napolitano to their positions. The folks in Congress ought to stop grandstanding about this, and work on something that might actually be productive for the people of the U.S.
the director(management) of the secret service was appointed by a republican president.......boom
Agreed. But it seems that only sex scandals get media attention...not a whisper about all our rights being taken away...not a whisper about martial law about to be implemented here, not a whisper about the CDC creating temporary morgues all over the United States, nothing substantial about the H.R. 645 bill, the PDD51, the NDAA, and more.
The only time the big media outlets cover these things is when too many people notice.
I hope more people start reading the bills too; but even Congress doesn't get the chance to read them before voting on them...so how exactly do we have representation?
Without that representation...how exactly are we being taxed?
We have absolutely no say in where our money is spent. Even when we contact our "representatives" the majority STILL vote against the will of the people.
Time to look elsewhere for new leadership OR start actual investigations into the conduct of our leaders NOW. (Preferably by an outside party.)
Just because it was appointed by a republican does not make it right. Why can't a democrat remove it?
I agree Robert but it seems there are people who like to have this point to the President and try to assign blame on a unit of which he doesn't oversee. Do you really think he has time to supervise the SS, the white gardners and mow the grass at the whitehouse? Give me a break, the pubs blame him if he does something and when he doesn't do something, the perfect pretezel logic of the pubbies. No matter what he does he is wrong.............go figure
"inept folks like Napolitano" is a gross understatement. She should NEVER been appointed/or approved for her position. She is not qualified. Quite a few of Obama's appointments are not qualified or the best qualified for their positions. And before you start on "well, neither were GWBs", I'm aware of that, also. I thought better of Obama. Not anymore.
Just what makes her "not qualified" ?
Should we just take your word for it because you're an expert on these matters or do you have any facts to back that up ?
Hank I agree -- Delores W, give me a break! Good grief! -- blame President Obama? -- your bubbles are too easily burst!
And another thing Delores W -- I have a big problem with women like you, ("I thought better of Obama. Not anymore,") who vacillate so easily between one belief and the next that you give women a bad name! Yes! -- the actions of the agents were inexcusable - but don't purport youself as a person who is so easily apt to change your mind -- it shows you as weak minded and that you are unable to reach a common sense conclusion, an in -- "Oh gosh, I thought he was such a great person and now look, secret service agents have gone and done this."
Quit being so weak minded! Or, if you have to be, don't put it in print.
Very FEW political appointees are truly qualified for the departments they lead. It doesn't matter the party in power, the appointments are political paybacks for backing the winning candidate. Usually they just rubber stamp the agenda of the POTUS and cut out their own little niche of power, influence peddling, financial connections that enrich themselves, and basically crap all over the citizens. There are SOME exceptions, but not many. Until this practice of politics as usual changes, we are all getting screwed by the both parties and their appointees.
They didn't even know about the prostitutes so how do they know that none obtained compromising information? What a joke.
Do you think this administration would admit to doing anything wrong?
Apparently they, and us, have known about the prostitutes for a few weeks now. You don't by any chance think they've thoroughly interviewed all the agents and prostitutes by now to find out if any compromising information has been shared, do you ?
I suspect the joke is on you.
Dave,
I'm actually shocked that I haven't read or heard of George Bush being blamed for this.......yet.
Of course he's responsible. Why would anyone need to articulate the obvious?
Hank - Did the hookers leave contact information with Napolitano? Don't be naive. They have one prostitute because she caused a disturbance.
Speaking of naivete, colorado man - anyone who thinks that the SS didn't find out who the hookers were and thoroughly interview them is the shining example of naivete.
Especially if they think that the hookers had to leave contact info with Napolitano, since you seem to think she's the one that did the actual investigation.
Hank,
If you are gullible enough to think the Hookers and agents told the truth during interviews I have some land in Florida to sell you cheap.
The 99% American People have much more to worry about than this TABLOID BULLSH-T! Just take care of it! Fix it, don't bullsh-t about it! Let's talk about : What we are going to have the corporates do about the 99% American People's Social Security insolvency! Why don't we have an 8% flat federal income tax for EVERY working individual, every corporate/business AND ESPECIALLY for those so-called "NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS/FOUNDATIONS which are nothing more than CRIMINAL TAX EVADERS!! Why did we allow the corrupt corporates to sneakily steal our pensions and give us their INSURANCE POLICY 401k, if they fail, we, the 99% Americans fail BECAUSE OF THEM! What is our Republican government congressmen going to do about their CORRUPT OIL CORPORATES causing MAJOR INFLATION and creating GREAT HARDSHIP on the 99% Americans & their families! And, on top of it ALL, we can't get the SUPREME COURT to declare them UNCONSTITUTIONAL BECAUSE THEY HAVE CREATED A COMPLETE MONOPOLY, not only against OTHER CORPORATES, but against ALL THE 99% American People! And on, and on and on!! So stop the bullsh-t stuff and get on with THIS VERY IMPORTANT STUFF to us, the 99% American People!!!
Janet Napolitano is a lovely figure of womanhood. Don't you agree?
And you are a wonderful example of manhood?
UGH!!!
Leave Jonathan alone.
Wasn't this gorgeous thing name Miss Baltic States around the same time Monica Lewinsky was name Miss Humidor of 1998.
The Homeland Security Secretary needs to explain to US Tax Payers -- How US Tax dollars paid for the prostitutes in Columbia
She is the madam...it is her part time job...
I'm pretty sure that when someone pays for a hooker they do that out of their own pocket. It's rather hard to convince your employer to reimburse for that without a receipt. And before you give me the "their salaries are taxpayers money", do you think YOUR employer has the right to tell you what YOU spend YOUR wages on? I don't even care about the hooker part. It was legal there, and it is legal in the U.S.. They were off-duty. The main question is if any information was compromised.
Of course there was no potential security risk to the President and pigs can fly backwards too.
It boils down to respect on the part of the secret service agents. They obviously don't respect Mr. Obama and it's doubtful they would go above and beyond to protect him. Why they don't is a matter of specullation. I wish that they were not muzzled by the government. it would be nice to hear their stories instead of the spin doctor version.
See no reason to belabor the inevitable speculating the obvious.
Well, Janet, maybe if you weren't so busy violating Americans' civil rights at airports you'd be more on top of these things. Funny how a toddler is considered a threat to our country's safety but a Secret Service agent who hires prostitutes and leaves the POTUS' schedule out for anyone to see is not.
I heard that Big Sis has now volunteered for protection duty.
She would scare anyone
Some have said that having more women in the service at the levels of these twelve would have precluded this even happening.
I agree !!
If that had been the case, there would have been no reason to bring in locals.
I agree maybe Obama can bring some jobs (as in bjs) or stimulate their packages for the SS who protect him.
Well Mr napalatano is out again... How bout fast & furrious the borders so on and so on. This is just a small example of how our tyrants have a doubble standard. This is not the 1st and won't be the last. Yes the comander in chief is responsible for his staff. That is why this country is so fkd up. What prostitutes? But I know for sure national security has not been comprimised. B.S. Maybe we can remove even our pants at the airport, that will fix this problem. Change is what we need! Change this whole elected blob of sht president,congress and house as well as all the commie constitution hating supreme court judges. REINSTATE OUR REPUBLIC NOW! Yes I said republic as we are not a democracy as most propagand rags say.
Wasn't sex done directly in White House once or am I confused? Has this country completely lost all respect?If I could afford to travel outside of US right now i'd not be able to hold my head up and look people in the eye.
You would do what I do when I travel abroad. You say "I didn't vote for the a-hole". I did that all over Italy last summer. The OVERWHELMING MAJORITY of Italians agreed with me. I was pleasantly surprised.
When asked by committee Chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., if agents are specifically training on issues related to having intimate relationships with foreign nationals, she said the training is "focused on professionalism, on conduct consistent of the highest moral standards."
What a really LAME question! Do they need training for that? don't they have any common sense in their brains? what about intimate relationships with Americans? oh this question will be asked when that happens here! really silly question!!
Bet that is some grease pan under the grill.
What else would we expect from Ex-Govenor Doubtfire? With how she handled Arizona, putting them into such a financial crisis, should we expect excellence?
What are Janet's qualifications for this job?
What were Obama's qualifications for his job? In this administration, qualifications don't matter, cronyism matters.
This is nothing new in espionage. Exploitation of sex to disrupt and corrupt has been going on for centuries. All is fair in love and war! This is rebuilding the secret service the Obama way for Obama.
The entire (ex)crew is well trained for BlackWater or any of their affiliates. Maybe "checking out" Romney. He has magic underwear they say.
Someone has to take the heat while the President of the United States of America hob knobs around with his liberal Boulder socialites and his leftist Hollywood elitists, grappling and begging for votes while 20% of our eligible workforce do their own begging for full time jobs.
So, How's that "hope and change " working out for ya?
Suspect Janet "would you like fries with that" Napolitano is going to require at lease 3 estimates.
You meant to sat at "least:..not at lease....
Jesse:
YOU meant to say "say", not "sat". YOUR English ain't so good, either.