“We’re on behalf of our people, and that means that we conduct ourselves with the utmost dignity and probity and, obviously, what has been reported doesn’t match up with those standards,” US President Barack ObamaBarack Obama said as he wrapped up his two days trip in Cartagena during a press conference that was supposed to focus on trade and security.
The President was referring to the ‘Secret Service prostitution scandal,’ which broke open Sunday and confirmed by the press, involving at least eleven Secret Service agents and ten US military personnel, who were all reported to have engaged the services of 20 women believed to be prostitutes in their hotel rooms while setting up security ahead of Obama’s three-day trip to the port city of Cartagena to meet with 30 other world leaders.
The incident was criticized by some lawmakers, including 28-year veteran of the service and former director Danny Spriggs, who said the agents have put themselves in compromising situation in which security could have been affected.
Obama’s spokesman said the President had confidence in Secret Service Director Mark Sullivan who said he has called on the inspector general to conduct an independent review on the incident.
A US military official said the military personnel involved included two Navy Explosive Ordinance Disposal technicians, two Marine dog handlers, an Air Force airman and two Special Forces Green Berets who were working with Colombia's counterterrorist teams.
The President was referring to the ‘Secret Service prostitution scandal,’ which broke open Sunday and confirmed by the press, involving at least eleven Secret Service agents and ten US military personnel, who were all reported to have engaged the services of 20 women believed to be prostitutes in their hotel rooms while setting up security ahead of Obama’s three-day trip to the port city of Cartagena to meet with 30 other world leaders.
The incident was criticized by some lawmakers, including 28-year veteran of the service and former director Danny Spriggs, who said the agents have put themselves in compromising situation in which security could have been affected.
Obama’s spokesman said the President had confidence in Secret Service Director Mark Sullivan who said he has called on the inspector general to conduct an independent review on the incident.
A US military official said the military personnel involved included two Navy Explosive Ordinance Disposal technicians, two Marine dog handlers, an Air Force airman and two Special Forces Green Berets who were working with Colombia's counterterrorist teams.
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