Posted on 06/11/2013 5:40:13 AM PDT by kristinn
A State Department whistleblower has accused high-ranking staff of a massive coverup — including keeping a lid on findings that members of then-Secretary Hillary Clinton’s security detail and the Belgian ambassador solicited prostitutes.
A chief investigator for the agency’s inspector general wrote a memo outlining eight cases that were derailed by senior officials, including one instance of interference by Clinton’s chief of staff, Cheryl Mills.
Any mention of the cases was removed from an IG report about problems within the Bureau of Diplomatic Security (DS), which provides protection and investigates crimes involving any State Department workers overseas.
“It’s a coverup,” declared Cary Schulman, a lawyer representing the whistleblower, former State Department IG senior investigator Aurelia Fedenisn.“The whole agency is impaired.
“Undue influence . . . is coming from political appointees. It’s coming from above the criminal- investigation unit,” added Schulman, whose client provided the document with the revelations.
Some of the revelations were first reported by CBS News.
* A DS agent was called off a case against US Ambassador to Belgium Howard Gutman over claims that he solicited prostitutes, including minors.
“The agent began his investigation and had determined that the ambassador routinely ditched his protective security detail in order to solicit sexual favors from both prostitutes and minor children,” says the memo.
“The ambassador’s protective detail and the embassy’s surveillance detection team . . . were well aware of the behavior.”
Undersecretary of State for Management Patrick Kennedy ordered the investigation ceased, and the ambassador remains in place, according to the memo.
Gutman was a big Democratic donor before taking the post, having raised $500,000 for President Obama’s 2008 campaign and helping finance his inaugural.
* At least seven agents in Clinton’s security detail hired prostitutes while traveling with her in various countries, including Russia and Columbia.
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Sorry, that was my mistake. I was editing the article for excerpting. Took out Colombia, then put in ‘Columbia’ when there was room in the word count.
Good call, he did this morning.
There are a dozen gross things I could mention which I learned while on active duty, that would get me a smiting on the knuckles from the Mods...
oh look a “look, squirrel” from the WH to distract from the NSA leak and hit Hillary at the same time, full on war going on here, clinton vs Obama....the timing is immaculate as they say, ...low info voters love nothing more than a sleazy political sex scandal to wipe the nsa leak of the front page....
This whole regime is rotten. It is a modern day Caligula’s court.
Hillary is America’s Queen Jezebel.
>>Undersecretary of State for Management Patrick Kennedy ordered the investigation ceased, and the ambassador remains in place, according to the memo.
No mention of the gender of the minor children the ambassador targeted, but, given the amount of protection he’s receiving from the Obama administration, I’d predict that the ambassador has a predilection for little boys.
Different whistleblower. Boner called out the NSA guy. Hasn’t said anything about this one.(yet)
Can’t tell the players without a scorecard.
Thank you for your gracious reply. I spent a couple of months there, and as a result, the spelling of that country’s name has been a “thing” for me. Again, I appreciate your not giving me a nasty reply for my petty “correction.”
Since when does a “Chief of Staff” have the authority to stop an IG investigation?
You’re welcome.
Seems like many in the liberal crowd replaced religion with sexual activity. Sex is their religion.
It is not the first time in history.
Is that Patches Kennedy? HE ordered the investigation ceased?
Why, it was nothing more than counseling troubled youths about the facts of life, with hands-on learning aids./s
This is truly disgusting. But why am I not surprised? Hillary Clinton is a totally conscienceless, immoral, drunken wreck. It follows that she would include other morally reprehensible persons in her cabal.
What a plum of a posting for a known pedophile—Belgium! The pedophile Mecca of Europe.
Karma is coming down the track for Mr. Gutman.
Kudos to the whistleblower Aurelia for coming forward! She’s a brave gal!
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