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Topic: Celebrity chef says he
discovered Secret Service
keg parties; State Dept.
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Celebrity chef says he
discovered Secret Service
keg parties; State Dept.
promises investigation
Daily Caller [Washington DC], by Gregg Re
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Posted By:JoniTx, 11/28/2012 11:09:51 AM
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| During a press briefing on Monday, the State Department promised to investigate celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain’s claim that he had obtained cellphones used by Secret Service agents in Myanmar. In a tweet on Sunday, Bourdain wrote, “The guys who rented our phones in #Myanmar before us were Secret Service. They should really have deleted their texts. #Kegparty!” Bourdain, who was in Myanmar for his new weekend food and travel show on CNN, did not respond to his followers’ inquiries as to whether he was joking.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
Hermit_Crab, 11/28/2012 11:43:40 AM (No. 9037599)
Ummm... Why is the Department of State ´investigating´? State never had authority over the SS. It is part of the Department of Homeland Security.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
thelmalou, 11/28/2012 12:19:48 PM (No. 9037653)
We are so totally doomed.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
whyyeseyec, 11/28/2012 12:24:20 PM (No. 9037661)
Big Sis should declare this incident a Woman Caused Disaster an add it to her list of things to not look into.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
strike3, 11/28/2012 12:59:55 PM (No. 9037733)
When the Secret Service was under Treasury they only recruited very high caliber individuals and they conducted themselves as befit their positions.
Now, apparently, they are getting the rejects who couldn´t make it as a small town cop or a homeland security drone. The obama administration seems to lower the bar more every day.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
kahunavol, 11/28/2012 1:14:54 PM (No. 9037758)
Why would they rent phones?
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Trust No One, 11/28/2012 1:25:30 PM (No. 9037770)
Yeah, can´t they get an obamaphone?
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
grandpa, 11/28/2012 1:28:48 PM (No. 9037779)
Is there something wrong with a keg party? It goes on at tailgates of half the cars at football games every week. What´s the problem?
President Clinton could diddle an aide in the White House and is still a hero, but the secret service agents who protect presidents can´t have a few beers together without being investigated by some nutcase bureaucrats?
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
nina584, 11/28/2012 1:54:55 PM (No. 9037820)
Bourdain is a left wacko .i don´t believe a word he says. Big anti establishment pos.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
crimea river, 11/28/2012 2:11:25 PM (No. 9037836)
Keg parties are not a crime. Unless the SS agents were drinking on duty, why is this an issue?
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
secondtimelucky, 11/28/2012 2:48:18 PM (No. 9037896)
I believe I read/heard that after the Colombia hooker party, SS agents and employees were made to sign agreements to ZERO drinking while on duty either here or in country...
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