The secret life of the Secret Service
I haven’t written much about the story of the partying Secret Service agents and the prostitutes, because what is there to say? It’s obvious that something went very, very wrong in either the Secret Service recruitment process, training process, vetting process, or monitoring process (or all of the above) to have allowed the agency’s members to have fallen into behavior like this, especially while on assignment.
The potential for blackmail was one of the most obvious problems, but then perhaps blackmail isn’t what it used to be. And why or why would one of the agents be stupid enough to stiff one of the working girls?
There aren’t too many institutions we still look up to, but the Secret Service was one of them, at least for me. Now it seems very, very tainted.
I wonder who they sent to interview the prostitutes / escorts. A job for Inspector Clouseau if ever there was one.
Nobody paid by the government is a servant of the public anymore. They all just serve themselves.
It has been overlooked that the whole kerfuffle came to worldwide attention because one of these idiots refused to pay his girl. The rest was certainly worthy of punishment, but someone this stupid should not have been near the President to begin with.
And why or why would one of the agents be stupid enough to stiff one of the working girls?
Why? Because he (they) believe they are immune from the rules everyone else lives by. I’ll be surprised if we don’t find out that this behavior is typical and has been overlooked for years, if not decades. This is just the first time one of the unpaid girls managed to complain in a way that caused it to come to public attention.
but someone this stupid should not have been near the President to begin with.
I’ve got no evidence to back this, but who knows how these agents were chosen? Does the PotUS have control over his detail, and/or those who are in charge of that? Do we know that he didn’t ignore the proper procedures, and put unqualified people in charge of the process?
I mean, we know this has happened in the past, with the gifts given to the UK Prime Minister, the Q of E, and the security at the Crashed White House Party, all handled by dunderheaded incompetents selected by the PotUS and/or the First Lady and their sycophants.
Yes, it’s speculation, but it would not surprise me in the least to find out that these guys were chosen by the PotUS for reasons having nothing to do with their record of excellence on the job.
Trash, doing what trash does: stink. That goes for this entire administration from the top down.
If the stories of agents pimping out JFK and Clinton are true, you can see how the morality of the agents has been destroyed
The President DOES have control over his personal detail — typically by way of his Chief of Staff.
It was noted that the Wan immediately re-selected BLACK agents upon taking office.
His wife particularly was on record as wanting a racially pure crew.
You do know that there’s no privacy for the First Family WRT the Secret Service?
And you do notice that the skin color of these agents is entirely absent from all reportage.
( Shades of Caligula: he dumped ALL of his Italian/Roman Pretorians ( personal guard detail ) and replaced them with Germans. Little Boots got his name from the German legions — and he always felt safe with them. )
( The Romans of his era took it as a very bad sign. )
( Its other notable feature: Caligula hired on only the tallest of the Germans — basically over six feet + — a tradition that still exists in the British Imperial Guard. )
The Secret Service like most any guard detail, follow the example of their leader. After 4 years of obama, corruption and malfeasance, getting your stuff and stiffing the mark, is “common sense” in the White House now.
And people are surprised it happened with the Secret Service? Under Obama? Hah, as if
Obama will be destroying a lot more than the Secret Service in America, once he is done. Get ready for it. You’ll be next, sooner or later.
It’ll be interesting to see what happens to the soldiers involved in this . I can say that back in the day, this would never have happened, never. Unfortunately , racialist policies trump efficiency and honor. Anyone recall when Shillery demanded the USSS carry her dry cleaning . The Left are scum and Ted Nugent is right
This can’t be pinned on the current administration as some of the commenters have istated; these were longtime (some of them anyway) employees.
I’m tempted to blame Obama, and I’m not excluding it, but I wonder if the correlation is to the fact that the SS was taken from the Treasury Department and put under the DHS.
Maybe they wanted to get fired. Maybe they’d had it.
Wondering if Obama will replace them with Nation of Islam guards or New Black Panthers.
OTOH – we want them to KEEP that Prez safe, don’t want no martyrs, no way, no how.
#OccupyWhiteHouse2012
How about if, in a letter to the USSS chief, that I attest NOT to consort with prostitutes –will that get me a job with the Secret Service? During 2010-11, I applied for an Intel analyst job with the USSS. After passing the interview, I filled out 20 pages of forms asking all sorts of background questions involving my use of salt & sugar, etc… & a written essay test, and then came the interview to verify the answers to the questions, followed by a five-hour long polygraph (rather akin to brainwashing, especially the emphasis on how the USSS has the highest standards of integrity & honesty; yeah right), the initiate of a background investigation for a security clearance, and finally came the rejection letter stating that other applicants were more highly-qualified for the job! An entire year of my time (& taxpayers’ money) for all that & to receive a f-off letter of rejection! No wonder they hire only cowboys –and whore mongers!!
The update is now that there was some of the same stuff going under Clinton. Obey your Leaders. They set the example the rest of us follow, whether we know it or not.