The U.S. Secret Service says 11 employees sent to Colombia ahead of President Barack Obama’s visit have been returned home and placed on administrative leave pending an investigation of alleged misconduct that involved prostitution. Also Saturday, the U.S. military announced that five military staff assigned to support the Secret Service in its assignment have been […]
US Military Staff, Secret Service Accused of Misconduct in Colombia
Posted April 14th, 2012 at 7:35 pm (UTC-5)
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US Military Staff, Secret Service Accused of Misconduct in Colombia
Posted April 14th, 2012 at 6:00 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. officials said about a dozen U.S. Secret Service agents sent to Colombia ahead of President Barack Obama’s visit have been relieved of duty and returned home amid allegations of misconduct that involved prostitution. Also Saturday, the U.S. military announced that five military staff assigned to support the Secret Service in its assignment have been […]
US Secret Service Agents Recalled from Colombia
Posted April 14th, 2012 at 10:45 am (UTC-5)
The U.S. Secret Service has recalled some of its agents providing security for President Obama in Colombia due to “allegations of misconduct.” The agents were assigned to protect Mr. Obama during his talks with Latin American leaders and participation in the Summit of the Americas in the Colombian port city of Cartagena. The alleged misconduct […]
US Secret Service Agents Recalled from Colombia
Posted April 14th, 2012 at 1:45 am (UTC-5)
A prominent U.S. newspaper is reporting that U.S. Secret Service agents sent to Colombia to provide security to President Barack Obama have been recalled amid allegations that they solicited prostitutes. The president arrived in Cartagena Friday to attend a regional summit. The Washington Post says while seeking the services of a prostitute is not illegal […]
Vatican to Display Historic Secret Documents
Posted July 5th, 2011 at 9:25 pm (UTC-5)
The Vatican has announced that 100 specially selected documents from its secret archives will go on unprecedented public display in Rome next February. The priceless artifacts include papers from the trial of Italian inventor Galileo, charged with heresy for contradicting 17th-century church teachings that the sun revolves around the Earth. Other documents include a letter […]
North Korea Threatens to Release Recordings of Secret Talks With South
Posted June 9th, 2011 at 6:45 am (UTC-5)
North Korea is threatening to disclose recordings of a secret meeting it held with South Korea to prove Seoul called for summit talks with Pyongyang. The North’s official Korean Central News Agency says it will release the recordings if South Korea refuses to reveal what was actually discussed during the meeting last month in Beijing. […]
