‘No sex or booze’: New US Secret Service rules

April 28, 2012 06:00

The US secret service has banned its personnel from binge-drinking and philandering with foreigners while posted abroad. The new rules come after members of US intelligence reportedly consorted with prostitutes in Colombia.

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Richard knight 01.05.2012 04:33

If you're off-duty, it should be nobody's business what you participate in. If you're on duty it's your job to be fully alert, with the least number of personal distractions as possible.

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sparks7366 29.04.2012 06:56

Wow, This sounds exactly what my wife said to me after a six month marriage, NO BOOZE AND NO SEX, I said ok divorce then :)

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WorkForMeThen 29.04.2012 06:30

I Quit wrote in #12
These are intolerable working conditions.
P erhaps you could use a new "project"...

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The pope 28.04.2012 22:20

This seems a little bit occultist if you think of it these secret service members not to have sex or drugs it reminds me of the nights templers and other enlightened groups that obtain favour by obedience in spiritual laws

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I Quit 28.04.2012 22:03

These are intolerable working conditions.

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Jim (unregistered) 28.04.2012 21:39

I reckon there will be a lot of secret service masturbation from here on out. Tossers!

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hamunaptrah 28.04.2012 15:58

With Congress and the Senate booze and hookers are second nature and an every day thing.

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Romeo 28.04.2012 14:39

No more drugs or booze for US agents in Colombia,and they should stick to what they have been trained for and good at.Assassinations and regime change.

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unhik 28.04.2012 14:25

lol. That guy in the back isn't working. Probably some hot babe walking by.

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andrew bryant 28.04.2012 14:19

so what! if my job was to risk being blown away at anytime for another man, when i was off duty i would party. imagine the stress these men deal with

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Paul (unregistered) 28.04.2012 11:43

the regulations also prohibit patronizing “non-reputable establishments,
W HO IS GOING TO PROTECT THE WHITE HOUSE.

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Arthur Borges (unregistered) 28.04.2012 10:05

Oh c'mon guys! There must have been rules comparable to those for airline crew, i.e. no booze 24 hours before take-off so that peak alertness is not compromised by hangovers. True, there are ways around that: flight crew suck on the emergency oxygen to clear out their blood and then turn in the little O2 tanks for topping up because of "leakage".

Anyhow, the officious story is that the story only broke out because the agents were expecting a freebie from their, um, service providers.

Wi thin the limits of their need for alertness uncompromised by hangovers and sexual exhaustion, let them have their fun so long as they cover their tabs!

There are two solid reasons for this:

(1) When you have a job that can blow away your life in an instant, it heightens sex drive enormously, and

(2) If you're the client being protected, you don't want to cheese off the ring of trained hitmen all around you too much, nor do you want them having so much testosterone in their blood that they might overreact.

Th is is really a lot of fuss about nothing and I hope the girls in Cartagena ended up getting paid for their R&R services.

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Corrupted nation 28.04.2012 09:55

What do you expect from these infidels other than sex, drugs and alcohol? Wherever Americans go in the world they cause problems and get involved in immorality. The satanic USA is responsible for corrupting the minds of so many people in the world. Nothing good ever comes from that country.

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CON 28.04.2012 09:09

What kind of job is that where you can't get drunk and laid whilst on duty and at the taxpayers expense.

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joseph walker 28.04.2012 07:55

No Sex,No Booze,See your psychairist,Your life needs redirection.Can't love my country with these harsh conditions.

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Hedley Knewjen Quintana 28.04.2012 06:35

As I mentioned before: LIFE OFF-DUTY is OFF-LIMITS. It is worrisome that American taxes are being spent in BS!No paying for accommodation, assault and drugs are illegal... Why are my comments stupid? or the legislators are the stupid ones?

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