30 bucks??

[RWebb]

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/19/world/americas/colombian-escort-speaks-about-secret-service-scandal.html?hp&gwh=87EC7D16E89BE1A03BE42337926F9A29

[gshase]

Back in the old days a good WHORE was $20. This $750 whore deal could start an international incident. Man I miss the old days.

[dan88911]

I am curious to see this woman the ss agent sacrificed his career over. What a fool.
Maybe Barabra Walters will interview her.

[cashflyer]

Since prostitution is legal in Cartegena's "tolerance zone", the agents did not break any laws. Perhaps the SS has rules against hiring professional women?

Personally, I don't care that the SS guys were out for some drinking and sex when they're off the clock.

[john70t]

Parf tires?

[RWebb]

the agents did break US laws relating to allowable conduct; so did the Marines and any other military

[GH85Carrera]

The Secret Service recieve a VERY specific training. Paying for sex is 100% against the rules.

[Rick Lee]

Originally Posted by cashflyer

Since prostitution is legal in Cartegena's "tolerance zone", the agents did not break any laws. Perhaps the SS has rules against hiring professional women?

Personally, I don't care that the SS guys were out for some drinking and sex when they're off the clock.

Are you kidding me? They're not off the clock at all while abroad on official business. This kind of BS should have been weeded out long before an agent gets on POTUS detail. Can you imagine the potential for harm by foreign intel. agencies getting into SS agents' hotel rooms with the POTUS's schedule and then having compromising info over the agents? These guys belong in jail after they're fired.

[RWebb]

yes

BTW - IIRC, these guys were on the advance team, not on the POTUS detail per se

Anyway ... who wants to set up a betting pool on who got more the SS guys or the Marines?

[Rick Lee]

Plenty of guys on the advance team rotate on and off POTUS detail. I know one who's a sniper, but got shifted to advance work because his rotator cuff surgery made him unable to train with a rifle for a few mos. He was still fine for other work. I read that one of the agents in this scandal did have Obama's schedule in his room.

I got into a fuss with some folks who had clearances and complained about having to file contact reports when I invited a buddy from the Chinese embassy just to sit at our table for a luncheon. When you're an SS agent, you don't let foreigners get you in compromising positions and that goes double for hookers. The E. German Stasi had great success using both gay and straight hookers.

[RWebb]

yeh - should have said at the time, instead of per se

I agree with the compromising position comments - those guys better have a good explanation as to why they thought each girl was just a friendly person, not a prof.

I guess 3 of them are gone already

[gamin]

Photos of the Colombian "escort" are on Drudge.