Sen Lieberman's response to my e-mail

Thank you for contacting me with your concerns regarding the misconduct of U.S. Secret Service (USSS) personnel in Cartagena, Colombia.  As Chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC), I appreciate your comments and welcome the opportunity to respond to you on this issue.

 

As you may know, I chaired a hearing on May 23, 2012, titled “Secret Service on the Line:  Restoring Trust and Confidence” to raise questions about the level and potential culture of misconduct among Secret Service personnel.   Given the importance of the Secret Service's mission, Ranking Member Susan Collins (R-ME) and I asked the top officials responsible for looking into the Cartagena incident, USSS Director Mark Sullivan and U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Acting Inspector General (IG) Charles Edwards, to testify before the Committee.  While both officials assured HSGAC Members that this incident is being examined thoroughly, going forward I do not believe we can afford to watch an agency with a mission as important as the Secret Service's be compromised.  That is why I am committed to finding out not only what happened in Colombia, but why it happened. You can review that hearing at http://www.hsgac.senate.gov/hearings/secret-service-on-the-line-restoring-trust-and-confidence.

 

The agents and officers within the Secret Service must be held to the highest standards.  Displays of misconduct akin to the Cartagena episode potentially jeopardize the President's immediate safety or could create long-term, exploitable gaps in his security.  For that reason, a culture which turns a blind eye to this kind of behavior is simply unacceptable.  I believe it is particularly important that supervisors in charge of agents lead by example and maintain the highest code of conduct and continue to demonstrate the selfless and highly skilled traditions we have come to expect of the agency. 

 

Thank you again for sharing your views and concerns with me.  I hope you will continue to visit http://lieberman.senate.gov, and the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs website at http://hsgac.senate.gov, for updated news about my work on behalf of Connecticut and the nation.

Please contact me if you have any additional questions or comments about our work in Congress.

 

Sincerely,

Joseph I. Lieberman

UNITED STATES SENATOR

From Malia Litman's blog-Homeland Security knows who Shailey Tripp is

From Malia Litman's blog

Senator Susan Collins is a Republican, and the senior member of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.  That committee has jurisdiction over the Department of Homeland Security and is the Senate’s Chief Oversight Committee. She is the former chairman of the committee. Wanting to ensure that she personally knew about the scandal involving Todd Palin and Shailey Tripp, I contacted her office this morning. I was referred to “Jake” who is one of the staff members assigned to cover the investigation that will be the subject of the inquiry tomorrow. Jake confirmed that Senator Collins already knew “all about” Shailey Tripp, Todd Palin, and David Chaney. It must be that the officer who took a statement from Shailey, as reported yesterday, actually gave a complete report which was evidently circulated to members of the committee.  I am assuming this dissemination of information took place because it is my impression that the office who took the statement from Shailey Tripp did not work directly for Senator Collins. A little later today, I will post a link to listen to the hearing scheduled for tomorrow. and if the video becomes available, I’ll post a link to that as well.

My conclusion is that we are no longer dependent on Joe Leiberman to bring attention to this matter. It appears this story is now available to all members of the Senate Committee.  If there is nothing discussed tomorrow about the culture of corruption in Alaska, it is because of an attempt by the members of the committee to keep this information secret.  Responsibility will be shared, for better or worse, by all members of the committee.

Malia has been working diligently to expose the Palins for their misdeeds from the tax credit they got for their unreality show to Todd's prostitution ring.  Her efforts are noble.  I'm afraid though the Palins will skate on this one because they are like Teflon, nothing to them sticks.  They got a slap on the wrist for Troopergate, Travelgate, AFT, and Taxgate.  It's obvious Bristol keeps Tripp from Levi but the judges won't do anything.


Joe Lieberman may not like Sarah, he had to restrain her from coming after President Obama back in 2009.

However he is best friends with John McCain, and Sarah was his running mate.  If Sarah is exposed, she will expose John.  It's funny when Sarah ran for governor back in 2006 she promised to end the corruption in AK, but it's the corruption in DC that may save her ass.


Thank you Malia for everything you have done to expose the Palins!  There is a special place for you in heaven.

This is the closest Sarah Palin will ever get to meeting President Obama

This photo was taken at the Alfalfa Dinner in 2009. It looks like Sarah is going to confront President Obama and Joe Lieberman is about to give her a body check. Which is good cuz the current POTUS is too good for her anyway.

This picture also proves Sarah is nuts. I'm sure John McCain told his good friend Joe Lieberman what a nutcase Sarah is, which is why Joe had to put himself between her and President Obama.