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Summit misconduct inquiry targets 16, including five servicemembers By MATEA GOLD AND DAVID S. CLOUD | Tribune Washington Bureau | Published: April 14, 2012 WASHINGTON — Eleven Secret Service agents and five members of the U.S. military working on a security team preparing for President Barack Obama’s arrival at a regional summit in Colombia were under investigation Saturday for apparent misconduct involving prostitutes. The incident occurred early Thursday at the Hotel Caribe, a historic beachfront hotel where the advance team was staying in the Caribbean resort city of Cartagena. The episode began when police and hotel personnel began checking hotel rooms as part of the strict security surrounding the weekend Summit of the Americas, according to a U.S. official who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the investigation. Several visitors had not left identification with the front desk as required, prompting the room checks, the official said. It was then that a Secret Service agent was found with a woman believed to be a prostitute in his room. Other Secret Service agents also had women in their rooms who were believed to be prostitutes, the official said. Prostitution is legal in certain “tolerance” areas in Colombia, and Cartagena has a large red light district. Checks of the rooms also revealed U.S. military personnel with unauthorized visitors, a military official briefed on the incident said. A dispute between one of the women and a Secret Service agent over whether she should be paid created a disturbance, and the U.S. Embassy ultimately was notified. The 11 Secret Service agents were relieved of duty and flown home Friday before Obama arrived in Cartagena. The group included special agents and uniformed division officers, none of whom are assigned to the president’s protective detail. The agents were interviewed Saturday by the service’s Office of Professional Responsibility and placed on administrative leave pending the outcome of an investigation, officials said. “This incident is not reflective of the behavior of our personnel as they travel every day throughout the country and the world performing their duties in a dedicated, professional manner,” Paul S. Morrissey, a Secret Service spokesman, said in a statement. “We regret any distraction from the Summit of the Americas this situation has caused.” Five military personnel with the U.S. Southern Command, who also were assigned to the advance team, violated curfew and may have been involved in “inappropriate conduct,” a military official said. The five were confined to quarters in Cartagena on Saturday. None of the agents or military personnel was publicly identified. Two enlisted men assigned to a military working dog unit attached to the Secret Service were found to have visitors in their rooms. But an initial investigation concluded that the women were not prostitutes, the military official said, and the two soldiers were permitted to remain in the security detail. It could not be learned whether the two soldiers were among the five who violated curfew. But a spokesman for the Southern Command said violating curfew included having someone in a hotel room without permission. Gen. Douglas Fraser, commander of the Southern Command, said in a statement that he was “disappointed by the entire incident and that this behavior is not in keeping with the professional standards expected of members of the United States military.” Fraser said the military would conduct an investigation and the personnel would face appropriate punishment. Meanwhile, the military service members were under orders not to have contact with other individuals and will return to the U.S. after the completion of their mission at the summit. The embarrassing episode threatened to mar Obama’s meetings with 32 fellow leaders from the Caribbean and North, Central and South America. Jay Carney, the president’s spokesman, said the White House was told of the incident on Thursday and the president was informed Friday. Carney refused to characterize Obama’s reaction but said the incident wasn’t distracting the president at the summit. Christi Parsons of the Tribune Washington Bureau in Cartagena contributed to this report.
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Američki predsjednik Barack Obama izjavio je u nedjelju da će američka Tajna služba potpuno istražiti navode da su njezini agenti zaduženi za pružanje zaštite predsjedniku na summitu Amerika u Kolumbiji zatečeni s prostitukama i da će biti ljutit ako se optužbe pokažu točnima. Obama, koji je proveo tri dana u kolumbijskoj Cartageni sudjelujući na summitu, rekao je kako očekuje da se agenti iz njegova osiguranja ponašaju 'dostojanstveno i časno'. 'Očito, ono o čemu se govori ne odgovara tim standardima. Ako se pokaže da su optužbe bile točne, bit ću ljutit', kazao je na tiskovnoj konferenciji prije povratka u Washington. Navodni incident s prostitutkama dogodio se u srijedu, prije Obamina dolaska u Cartagenu. Agenti koji su išli kao prethodnica osiguranju navodno su doveli skupinu prostitutki u hotel u kojem su odsjeli, a u kojem je trebao boraviti i Obama. Američka Tajna služba u subotu je opozvala s dužnosti 11 svojih agenata osumnjičenih da su doveli prostitutke u hotelske sobe, a skandal je proširen i na pet vojnika iz osiguranja, izvijestili su američki mediji u subotu. Agenti Tajne službe zatečeni su u prekršaju kada je jedna od žena ostala u sobi agenta nakon 7 sati ujutro, suprotno pravilima hotela, izjavio je republikanski kongresnik Peter King , predsjedavajući Odbora za domovinsku sigurnost Predstavničkog doma Kongresa, koji nadgleda Tajnu službu. Kada je agent odbio otvoriti vrata službeniku hotela, pozvana je policija, koja je kasnije o incidentu izvijestila američko veleposlanstvo, rekao je King. Također u subotu, Južno zapovjedništvo oružanih snaga SAD, objavilo je u priopćenju da je pet američkih vojnika raspoređenih na summitu prekršilo policijski sat, te da su 'možda bili uključeni u neprimjereno ponašanje'. To neprimjereno ponašanje navodno se dogodilo u istom hotelu gdje su boravili opozvani agenti Tajne službe SAD-a. Agenti Tajne službe koji su sudjelovali u incidentu što se dogodio u srijedu navečer, poslani su kući i zamijenjeni drugim osobljem Tajne službe, prije nego što je Barack Obama doputovao u petak, rekli su dužnosnici. General Douglas Fraser , zapovjednik američkog Južnog zapovjedništva , rekao je da je 'razočaran cijelim incidentom i da takvo ponašanje nije u skladu s profesionalnim mjerilima koja se očekuje od pripadnika vojske SAD-a'. Pomoćnik ravnatelja Tajne službe Paul Morrissey naglasio je da cijela situacija 'nije imala utjecaja na sposobnost Tajne službe da provodi sveobuhvatni sigurnosni plan za predsjednika tijekom posjeta Cartageni'. - Sviđa vam se članak? Preporučite ga prijateljima putem ovih servisa: Pošaljite mailom