Obama Faces Escort Scandal in Cartagena
During the VI Summit of the Americas, the Secret Service staff that waited in Cartagena, Colombia for the arrival of Barack Obama is involved in a prostitute scandal. According to sources of the Department of Defence, over five military men are also involved in the case that has soiled the reputation of the organization.
So far 11 agents of the Secret Service have been suspended from the office. “We have failed to the boss,” added the General Martin Dempsey, head of the military leadership of the Pentagon. Since the incident Dempsey has pronounced how ashamed is he after what happened. Leon Panetta, Secretary of Defence, also support this feeling.
According to ABC network, several members of the Secret Service boasted their status of working for Barack Obama while they had fun in a Cartagena brothel called Pleyclub. ABC informed that the agents paid for expensive whiskey bottles and the company of escorts. (AV)