Is "Penny Pinching" Really the Issue Here?

They have "identified" the "penny-pinching" secret service agent that is at "the heart" of the Colombia prostitution scandal.   But is that really the issue?  You have to wonder, how many Ghosts are walking the streets in Washington, D.C.?

Really. 

"The deal was made in Denmark"....
Roland The Headless Thompson Gunner
-Warren Zevon

THEY CAN'T COUNT KNUCKLEHEADS!

There were a couple of DOZEN "knuckleheads", not a couple!  Several dozen security people were involved in a prostitution scandal when the Obama team visited Colombia.

They weren't playing "You Lying Bitch" when he was on the Fallon show.  Hmmm.

MATTHEW DOWD MAY FATHOM IT

ABC News political analyst Matthew Dowd said the recent scandals involving the Secret Service and GSA reflect a declining trust in American institutions at all levels. [sic]

Does Dowd "present" the accurate picture here?  Is a declining trust causing the scandals like the Colombian prostition scandal?

CAN YOU FATHOM IT V?

Mr. Basham was head of the United States Transportation Security administration for President Bush from 2002 to 2003 as well.

CAN YOU FATHOM IT IV?

This was said on the same day that a former head of the Secret Service, Ralph Basham, said that this behavior was an "aberation".

CAN YOU FATHOM IT III. Secret Service and Girls Gone Wild of Colombia?

Joe Lieberman, Senator from Connecticut, says that the Secret Service was acting like a bunch of college students on Spring Break while Obama visited Colombia. He suggested that the Obama adminstration investigate its own advance team. ....


(It is also worth noting that Representative Susan Collins (ME) says that there is no evidence that the prostitutes were under-aged so far. (Oh Goooood!).

CAN YOU FATHOM IT? II

"The incident in Cartagena "raised questions about the agency's culture," lawmakers said in the letter. It "is troubling because Secret Service agents and officers made a range of bad decisions, from drinking too much, to engaging with prostitutes, to bringing foreign nationals into contact with sensitive security information, to exposing themselves to blackmail and other forms of potential compromise."

STORY HERE

"Senator Susan Collins, the ranking Republican on the Senate Homeland Security Committee, said she told Sullivan she found it hard to believe the episode was the only one of its kind, because "there were too many people involved."

And Now the Secret Service Admits to Partying

""Chaney wrote of his assignment guarding Palin: "I was really checking her out, if you know what i (sic) mean?" after a friend commented on the picture posted in January 2009.""


Is the Secret Service looking for SEIU representation too?

It's news like this that makes our charter seem worthwhile. Can you fathom it: Prostitutes + the Secret Service at an Obama meeting in Colombia?

Security Guards Again!

They stole guitars from Tom Petty's group now!

Obama's Party is in Full Swing in Colombia

Now the Secret Service is partying in Colombia!