More heads to roll over US agents' sex scandal
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April 20, 2012, Friday
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A TOP United States lawmaker briefed on the investigation into a Secret Service prostitution scandal predicted more firings would follow the forced ouster of three agency employees.
"I wouldn't be surprised if you saw more dismissals and more being forced out sooner rather than later," Representative Peter King, a Republican, said yesterday. King is being updated on the investigation by Secret Service Director Mark Sullivan.
The Secret Service is moving quickly to quell the scandal that erupted late last week, when at least some of 11 agency employees implicated in the incident brought prostitutes back to their hotel in Cartagena, Colombia, where they were setting up security for a visit by President Barack Obama for the Summit of the Americas.
So far, three people involved have lost their jobs. The service said on Wednesday that one supervisor was allowed to retire, and another will be fired for cause. A third employee, who was not a supervisor, has resigned.
The two supervisors are in the agency's uniformed division; one is a sergeant, according to a person familiar with Secret Service operations and refused to be identified because he was not authorized to discuss the matter.
The team under investigation includes members of the agency's "jump teams," which are sent to sites ahead of the president's arrival to set up security. Others involved are on counter-assault and counter-sniper teams. The majority of those involved are believed to be based in the Washington area. Eight other Secret Service employees remain on administrative leave and have had their top-secret clearance revoked.
"I wouldn't be surprised if you saw more dismissals and more being forced out sooner rather than later," Representative Peter King, a Republican, said yesterday. King is being updated on the investigation by Secret Service Director Mark Sullivan.
The Secret Service is moving quickly to quell the scandal that erupted late last week, when at least some of 11 agency employees implicated in the incident brought prostitutes back to their hotel in Cartagena, Colombia, where they were setting up security for a visit by President Barack Obama for the Summit of the Americas.
So far, three people involved have lost their jobs. The service said on Wednesday that one supervisor was allowed to retire, and another will be fired for cause. A third employee, who was not a supervisor, has resigned.
The two supervisors are in the agency's uniformed division; one is a sergeant, according to a person familiar with Secret Service operations and refused to be identified because he was not authorized to discuss the matter.
The team under investigation includes members of the agency's "jump teams," which are sent to sites ahead of the president's arrival to set up security. Others involved are on counter-assault and counter-sniper teams. The majority of those involved are believed to be based in the Washington area. Eight other Secret Service employees remain on administrative leave and have had their top-secret clearance revoked.
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