President Obama had a bumpy arrival in Cartagena, Colombia yesterday for the sixth annual Summit of the Americas when a dozen secret service agents were relieved of duty and sent home amid allegations of misconduct involving prostitution. According to the Washington Post, at least one agent has been accused of involvement with prostitutes in Cartagena. “They had arranged to have a bunch of prostitutes come by and one of the agents refused to pay a prostitute,” author Ronald Kessler, a leading experts on the Secret Service and former Washington Post reporter, told the Daily News. “Yes, doubly good judgement there.”
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Secret Service Agents Recalled Because They Allegedly Didn't Pay Hooker
Customs Collects $300,000 In Counterfeit Cash At JFK
Some criminals did not get their Christmas present this year. Last week Customs and Border Protection say they found nearly $300,000 in counterfeit $100 dollar bills in the bag of a woman flying into JFK from Medellin, Colombia. Sadly, the stash wasn't found by the TSA—because we'd love to have seen the note they might have left with all that fake moolah.
Top Clinton Strategist Leaves Campaign
Mark Penn, the strategist who worked with Bill Clinton win re-election in 1996 and helped Hillary Clinton with her Senate campaign, left his role as the Senator's chief strategist for the presidential election because the public relations firm he heads, Burston-Marsteller, had lobbied for a free trade agreement that Clinton opposes.
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