According to the report, 7 of 10 DEA agents admitted to attending parties at U.S.-leased facilities in an unspecified country (a law enforcement official identified it as Colombia and the report refers to the Colombia incidents elsewhere). A foreign official "alleged providing protection for the DEA agents' weapons and property during the parties." The report also says other foreign officials claimed three DEA agents in particular "were provided money, expensive gifts, and weapons from drug cartel members."
It summarized:
Although some of the DEA agents participating in these parties denied it, the information in the case file suggested they should have known the prostitutes in attendance were paid with cartel funds.
Comment: Yea right like the DEA agents didn't know who paid for the prostitutes...maybe the agents would like to buy the Brooklyn Bridge!
Two of the agents were charged with "obstruction of an official investigation" for deleting text messages regarding the incident. This reflects a deeper problem with agency transparency. The 139-page report stated that the DEA had been uncooperative in releasing information regarding "a particular open case" of sexual harassment:
Other agencies investigated in the report were the FBI, ATF, and the U.S. Marshals Service. The report found that the FBI, USMS, and DEA often failed to fully investigate claims of sexual harassment. It said the FBI and USMS chose not to investigate some claims at all.The OIG was not given access to this case file information until several months after our request, and only after the misconduct case was closed. Once we became aware of the information, we interviewed DEA employees who said that they were given the impression that they were not to discuss this case with the OIG while the case remained open.
Justice Department spokesperson Patrick Rodenbush stated that:
He added that:The Department of Justice takes the issues raised in the Inspector General report seriously and...is taking steps to implement policies and procedures to help prevent them from happening in the future.
According to the Washington Post, the DEA 7 agents who admitted attending the parties were "punished" with suspensions ranging from 2 to 10 days (some might argue that this a lenient punishment for members of an agency tasked with combating the very drug cartels they colluded with).The Department is already working with the law enforcement components to ensure a zero-tolerance policy on sexual harassment and misconduct is enforced and that incidents are properly reported. The department is also committed to ensuring the proper preservation and disclosure of electronic communications, including text messages and images.
Stating what shouldn't need to be said, the Inspector General's report suggested that the Office of the Deputy Attorney General
...should develop policy explicitly prohibiting the solicitation of prostitutes in a foreign jurisdiction even if the conduct is legal or tolerated, and ensure that all component offense tables include language prohibiting this form of misconduct.
Carey Wedler writes for TheAntiMedia.org, where this article first appeared. Tune in to the Anti-Media radio show Monday through Friday @ 11pm Eastern/8pm Pacific. Help us fix our typos: edits@theantimedia.org.
... Pull the wool over the eyes of the American public, transformed into a race of moronic cretins by 100 years of Operant Conditioning in the American Educational System, founded and paid for by Messrs. Carnegie, Mellon, Morgan, Rockefeller, Rothschild, et.al., and by television and movies out of New York and Hollywood.
"Duhhh, Byron, who ya think got the biggest boobs?? Beyonce or Kim Kardashian? You ever get laid last Saturday, eh? Seen the news? A black athlete done raped a white woman. So she say. Me, I think she lyin' man. Pass me another Miller Lite, man."
That is Quantum Physics, and the History of Western Civilization, as propounded by the average American citizen.
The article says this was "...carried out over a period of several years and involved more DEA agents than previously thought...The Department of Justice takes the issues raised in the Inspector General report seriously and...is taking steps to implement policies and procedures to help prevent them from happening in the future."
Prevent WHAT from happening in the future? The prostitution, or the reporting of it? What the American sheeple don't understand, not being lawyers like everyone in the government, and able to parse and obfuscate language, is that the DOJ wants to ensure REPORTS of these scandals don't happen in future, by putting all the whistleblowers in jail.
Meanwhile, everything goes on as before - police brutality, corruption, theft, looting by the banksters, prostitution, criminals and perverts in the White House and on Capitol Hill and in the Supreme Court, wars, economic collapse, foreclosures, jobs sent to China, violence, drugs, hopelessness, and despair. But the Department of Justice will make sure it all gets swept under the rug. This way, you can enjoy your Miller Lite and Beyonce's boobs in blissful ignorance.
Question for the Universe: Will I die some day, before I get so sick of this crap I go out and shoot myself?