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April 24th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda A senior US defense official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Monday that the man has been relieved of his duties pending the outcome of an investigation about reports of procurement at the same hotel in which the US Secret Service agents had stayed, the Associated Press reported.
The official added that the individual was assigned to the White House Communications Agency, which provides the president with secure communications.
The development raises to 12 the number of US service members being questioned about the scandal in Colombia. Twelve Secret Service employees have also been implicated in the incident.
Six Secret Service officials, including two longtime supervisors, are out of jobs as a result of the scandal, and five others are on administrative leave.
There are reports that US Secret Service and military personnel took as many as 21 female escorts back to their beachfront hotel in Cartagena, located some 1,000 kilometers (620 miles) north of the Colombian capital, Bogota, on April 11, just before Obama’s arrival in the Caribbean coastal city to participate in the Americas summit.
They were discovered when a dispute ensued with one of the women over payment the following morning, leading to the involvement of the local police.
Meanwhile, White House said on Monday that it has determined that no member of its staff was engaged in the Colombia misconduct scandal.
“There have been no specific, credible allegations of misconduct (against) anyone on the White House advance team or the White House staff,” White House press secretary Jay Carney said.
“Nevertheless, out of due diligence, the White House Counsel’s office has conducted a review … (and) there’s no indication that any member of the White House advance team engaged in any improper conduct or behavior,” he noted.
Meanwhile, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta told reporters at Colombia’s Tolemaida military base about the disciplinary action against the service members embroiled in the sex scandal.
“If these investigators find that there have been violations… those individuals will be held accountable,” he said on Monday.
Panetta also pointed out that the Pentagon had suspended security clearance for the military personnel implicated in the misconduct.
The Colombia sex scandal has turned into an embarrassment for the US administration and overshadowed Obama’s participation at the sixth Summit of the Organization of American States (OAS).
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