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DEA chief tells House committee she can't fire agents involved in sex parties
 [FOXNEWS] With the Secret Service still smarting from its 2012 prostitution scandal in Cartagena, Colombia, another federal law agency is in hot water over an even more salacious sex scandal - in the same country.The Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration, Michelle Leonhart, Tuesday faced a grueling three-hour inquisition from the House Oversight Committee over an Inspector General's report that found DEA agents in Bogota, Colombia engaged in "sex parties" with hookers and that the parties were paid for by the very narco mobs the DEA was sent to fight. "This behavior is not acceptable," Leonhart said in her opening statement. "It is my hope that the additional training and guidance we have provided to all personnel - particularly those stationed overseas - will prevent similar incidents from occurring in the future." Her contrition did little to calm members of either party, who were incensed - not only at the infraction itself - but also at the weak discipline meted out to the still unnamed participants - a maximum of a two-week suspension. Rep. Mick Mulvaney, R-S.C., asked Leonhart, "Do you have any idea how absurd all of that sounds to an ordinary human being?" Leonhart repeatedly explained that a maze of civil service system protections for government workers prevents her from firing federal employees. Posted by: Fred 2015-04-16 |
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