BREAKING: Secret Service Scandal Expands to President Obama’s Hotel in Colombia
The Secret Service scandal has spread to a second hotel in Cartagena, Colombia — the hotel where the president of the united states was staying while he attended a Latin summit April 12-14.
CBS News correspondent Whit Johnson reports that a law enforcement official told him a 13th agent is under investigation for bringing a prostitute back to the swanky Hilton Hotel where President Barack Obama was staying.
Until now, the investigation had been confined to one hotel, where 12 members of the uniformed division of the Secret Service are accused of partying with as many as 20 prostitutes.
Government officials had been confident that the president’s safety was never at risk since the scandal didn’t involve his first line of protection: the elite presidential detail.
“Now you’re into the hotel where the president of the united states was going to stay, and it just gets more troubling,” Sen. Joe Lieberman said on “Face the Nation.”
Palin to President Obama: ‘Be wary, the Secret Service might be checking out your wife’
Sarah Palin lashed out at the ousted Secret Service supervisor who wrote on his Facebook that he was “checking her out,” when he was supposed to be protecting the former Republican presidential candidate during a campaign stop in 2008.
David Chaney, one of two supervisors who was forced to resign from the Secret Service last week, wrote in 2009: “I was really checking her out, if you know what i mean?” — in the caption under a photo of himself seemingly leering at Palin (above).
He also joked that he was “a stalker.”
“Well, check this out, buddy — you’re fired!” Palin said Thursday during a Fox News interview.
Palin blamed President Obama for his lax leadership and poor management of government which may have set the stage for the prostitute scandal in Cartagena, Colombia.
Calling the sex scandal “a symptom of government run amok,” Palin cautioned the president to be wary of Secret Service agents around first lady Michelle Obama.
“It’s like, who’s minding the store around here?” Palin told Fox. “The president, for one, he better be wary, there, of when Secret Service is accompanying his family on vacation. They may be checking out the first lady instead of guarding her.”
Alleged photo of Zimmerman’s bloody head surfaces
A photographer has released a photo to the media reportedly showing George Zimmerman’s bloody head after an altercation with 17-year-old Trayvon Martin ended in the teenager’s murder.
According to ABC News, which obtained the photo, the photographer claims to have taken the photo “three minutes after he shot and killed Martin.”
Serious head wounds bleed profusely. They do not stop bleeding after 3 minutes. As a registered nurse, I do not see life threatening injuries in that photo.
The photo should not be allowed into evidence because it could have been taken at any time between Feb. 26 and the day he was arrested. The prosecution will likely rely on photos that were taken during the booking process by Sanford police, rather than the photo obtained by ABC, which could easily have been Photoshopped.
Judge Sets $150,000 Bond for Zimmerman
A judge in Seminole County, Florida today set a $150,000 bond for neighborhood watch killer George Zimmerman, according to CNN.
The bond comes with condition, which include GPS monitoring, no possession of firearms, no use of controlled substances, other than those prescribed by a physician, and no contact with the victim’s family.
The judge told Zimmerman’s attorney, Mark O’Mara, to meet with the state (special prosecutor Angela Corey) to determine whether Zimmerman could live out of state for his protection.
He must also meet with the state to be fitted for a GPS ankle bracelet, which means he likely won’t be released until Monday.
First Pics of Secret Service Call Girl: “I’m an escort, not a prostitute; there’s a difference”
The first photos of the high priced call girl who is responsible for the biggest scandal in Secret Service history have surfaced online.
According to the NY Post, the 30-year-old single mom, who has not been identified by name, said an unidentified SS agent stiffed her on a pre-arranged fee of $800.
During the interview at her home in Colombia, the nervous woman bristled at news reports that she was a common prostitute or streetwalker.
In an exclusive interview with the NY Post, she described herself as a high-priced escort, not a prostitute.
“You have higher rank,” she said. “An escort is someone who a man can take out to dinner. She can dress nicely, wear nice makeup, speak and act like a lady. That’s me.”
“It’s the same, but it’s different,” she told the Post. “It’s like when you buy a fine rum or a BlackBerry or an iPhone. They have a different price.”
Cocaine found in rooms used by Secret Service agents in Colombia
Cocaine powder and bottles of cheap whiskey were found in rooms vacated by 11 Secret Service agents who were relieved of their duties after cavorting with prostitutes in Colombia last week.
The agents, who arrived in Colombia on Wednesday, ahead of President Obama, reportedly partied with 10 high ranking military officers at a strip club in Cartagena early Friday. The agents and the military men brought at least 20 of the club’s finest prostitutes back to the luxury 5 star Caribe hotel.
The prostitutes reportedly charged $200 each for their highest quality services. But one agent refused to pay a prostitute, who complained loudly to hotel management. The hotel called the police who notified the U.S. Embassy.
At least one hotel room was completely trashed, according to a hotel employee.
“When I went upstairs I walked into a messy room. The room was littered with two whiskey bottles — and a line of white powder, I believed to be cocaine, was on top of a round glass table in the room,” the staffer told NY The Post.
Woman Shot Dead, Her 3 Day Old Son Snatched by Registered Nurse
A Texas woman was gunned down as she took her 3-day-old son, Keegan Schuchardt, for his first check-up on Tuesday. 28-year-old Kala Marie Golden tried desperately to save her son as her killer — a registered nurse — snatched Keegan out of her arms.
Montgomery County District Attorney Brett Lignon said Verna Deann McClain was charged with murder early Wednesday morning. Her sister, Corina Jackson, told police the mother of three was adopting a baby soon.
Lignon told ABC’s “Good Morning America” that McClain had planned to kidnap a baby, but Golden was a random target. There is no indication that the two women knew each other prior to the shooting.
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