Secret service

• Nearly a dozen secret service agents were put on leave for misconduct during a visit to pop star Shakira's home town of Colombia for apparently taking advantage of a great exchange rate…and buying some time with Colombian call girls with it.
(Forbes)
• By JULIE PACE and LIBARDO CARDONA Associated Press CARTAGENA, Colombia (AP) - An embarrassing scandal involving prostitutes and Secret Service agents widened Saturday when the U.S.
(msnbc.com)
• Eleven U.S. Secret Service agents were placed on administrative leave today because of allegations of misconduct that involve contact with prostitutes near the site of the Summit of the Americas in Colombia.
(Bloomberg)
• CARTAGENA, Colombia -- Five members of the U.S. military may have taken part with Secret Service agents in misconduct involving prostitutes at a hotel in Cartagena,and have been confined to their quarters for violating curfew.
(Los Angeles Times)
• A dozen Secret Service workers were sent home Thursday. They were replaced by others on site. The service overstaffs on international trips by bringing more agents than needed should one become sick, according to the Los Angeles Times.
(msnbc.com)
• As the Summit of the Americas gets under way, there is one embarrassing incident which threatens to distract from international efforts to focus on trade and the economy. A dozen U.S. Secret Service agents have been sent home for alleged misconduct.
(NPR News)
• Cartagena, Colombia (CNN)-- A group of Secret Service agents and officers sent to Colombia ahead of President Barack Obama were relieved of duty and returned home amid allegations of misconduct that involved prostitution, according to two U.
(CNN)
• The dozen Secret Service agents sent home after a prostitution scandal in Colombia were busted after at least one of them refused to pay a hooker, sources said.
(New York Daily News)