Obama dismisses 12 secret service agents for frequenting Colombian prostitutes

[dead0man]

They were in Columbia working on security, going to see prostitutes probably wasn't the best of ideas.  They knew that.  They probably didn't think they'd get busted for doing it because, hey, we're the Secret Service, who is going to catch us?  Having a security clearance means there are certain things you just.can't.do.  If you want to go see prostitutes in Columbia don't work for the Secret Service, or, if you do, don't do it when you're "on the clock".

[dead0man]

Thing is, their visiting prostitutes leaves the agents open to blackmail, and thus a potential security risk.  The degree of the risk depends on whether they are married, a deacon or the equivalent in their church, and so forth.  Even if prostitution were 100% legal in both the United States and Colombia, those risks would remain, tho they would be lower.  It's not just the physical security of the President that would potentially be at risk.  Might not a hedge fund be interested in advance word of what will be announced at the next G-8 summit?

By the same logic though, what if a closeted Secret Service agent was caught visiting a gay bar?

You seem to understand blackmail as well as you understood the blackmarket.

[dead0man]

This thread speaks volumes about why we only have one female poster.

I'm not following the logic here...