Scandal changes Secret Service rules

In November 2011, just a few days before his controversial business dealings were exposed, the chairman of Canada’s Security and Intelligence Review Committee (SIRC) was asked to describe the vetting process he’d experienced, prior to being offered the sensitive post. Had he been carefully scrutinized? Had he undergone a security check? Arthur Porter wasn’t sure.

The Senate Homeland Security Committee has scheduled a public hearing on the prostitution scandal involving U.S. military and Secret Service agents in Colombia.

A day after U.S. lawmakers were briefed on an alleged prostitution scandal in Colombia involving Secret Service members, a report emerged Thursday of similar allegations, this time in El Salvador.

Three of the 12 Secret Service agents involved in the Colombia prostitution scandal refused to cooperate with authorities and submit to a polygraph test, according to House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Peter King, R-New York.

More Secret Service resignations are expected this week in the wake of an alleged prostitution scandal in Colombia, according to a congressional staff member who participated in briefings with the agency.

A woman believed to be at the center of a scandal involving Secret Service agents in Cartagena, Colombia, left her home more than a day ago and likely has left the city, her neighbors said.

OTTAWA — The United States carried out a rigorous follow up with key Canadian military intelligence centres in the wake of a navy spy scandal to ensure new, stricter security protocols had been enacted, say multiple defence and intelligence sources. American liaison officers on both the Pacific and Atlantic coasts were asked to verify that enhanced compliance and accountability measures for the handling of shared intelligence were in place and working, said a military source.