March 2014: Three Secret Service agents responsible for protecting Obama in Amsterdam are placed on leave after a night of drinking, in violation of Secret Service rules. A Secret Service spokesman says: “Periodically we have isolated incidents of misconduct, just like every organization does.” A Secret Service supervisor was suspended afte an incident at the Hay-Adams Hotel, seen here, an upscale hotel steps away from the White House. The supervisor loses his job, and the colleague is reassigned. An investigation finds that the supervisor and a colleague sent sexually suggestive emails to a woman subordinate. May 2013: A Secret Service supervisor leaves a bullet in a woman’s room at the Hay-Adams hotel, which overlooks the White House, and allegedly tries to force his way into the room to retrieve it. Secret Service and military personnel in an incident involving alleged misconduct with prostitutes. As many as 21 women were brought back to the hotel by U.S. Obama later says: “When we travel, we have to observe the highest standards.” Prostitutes walk in front of the Hotel Caribe in Cartagena, Colombia, on April 17, 2012. A Justice Department investigation finds that two Drug Enforcement Administration agents arranged one encounter between a prostitute and a Secret Service officer. The night bullets hit the White House - and the Secret Service didn't know /v90OfrhTQZ- Washington Post September 29, 2014Īpril 2012: Eight Secret Service agents doing advance work for a presidential trip to a summit in Colombia lose their jobs after allegations that some took prostitutes from a strip club back to their hotel rooms. The president and first lady are infuriated, The Post reports years later. The service does not figure out that shots hit the building for four days, and only then because a housekeeper noticed broken glass. A Secret Service supervisor, mistaking the shots for car backfire, orders officers to stand down.
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November 2011: A man with a semiautomatic rifle parks in front of the White House and fires at the building, with Sasha Obama inside and Malia Obama on her way home. The Virginia couple, not on the guest list, managed to slip into the first State Dinner of the Obama administration. From left, Michaele and Tareq Salahi arrive for the State Dinner in honor of India's prime minister at White House in 2009.
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The Salahis parlay their fame into an undistinguished career in reality TV. Sullivan, the director, says that he is “deeply concerned and embarrassed” by the breach.
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A photo emerges showing that they shook hands with the president. The Secret Service later acknowledges that officers never checked whether they were on the guest list. November 2009: A Washington couple, Tareq and Michaele Salahi, crash Obama’s first state dinner. Details of almost all the breaches and missteps were uncovered by The Washington Post.