Secret Service in the centre of another controversy

Obama with secret serviceA new scandal has once again rocked the Secret Service

A report on an alleged scandal similar to the one that occurred in Cartagena, Colombia surfaced on Thursday.

CNN affiliate KIRO in Seattle, reports that a contractor formerly with the Secret Service stated that the acts were committed in March 2011 in El Salvador before President Obama arrived for a diplomatic visit. He said that a dozen or so agents went to strip clubs in the capitial San Salvador and paid heavily for drinks and sexual favours.

A U.S. government official admitted the agents' mistakes, however defended the government's internal review process on the situation. The investigation into the Cartagena scandal in ongoing.

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