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New DOJ watchdog report details FBI officials' misconduct with foreign prostitutes
FEBRUARY 9, 2024
Ryan Lucas
The report found that one of the FBI officials, for example, paid for sex during an outing with foreign law enforcement partners at a karaoke bar, as well as at a strip club and a massage parlor while on official work abroad.
Another official was found to have paid for sex at a "gentleman's club," and also to have had sex with a prostitute provided by a host nation's law enforcement officials, according to the report.
The report says that one of the officials told investigators that on one occasion, foreign law enforcement officers offered to send prostitutes to the FBI officials' hotel rooms. Later that same evening, "a prostitute showed up" at the villa he was staying in. The official admitted to having sex with the woman, as well as another prostitute who turned up.
The name of the country is redacted.
In that same section of the report, an FBI official whose name is blacked out told investigators that he has paid for commercial sex but there have been "zero occasions" where a foreign country has "tried to leverage him as a result of their providing him with a prostitute, adding this is a 'cultural thing unfortunately.'"
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A third FBI official was found to have negotiated sex for FBI colleagues in addition to sleeping with a prostitute himself.
Two more agents were found to have engaged in sex with prostitutes, while one other was found to have only solicited one.
As part of the IG's investigation, the officials were given polygraph tests. The report says investigators concluded that five of the FBI officials lacked candor or lied about their dealings with prostitutes.
The officials' actions violated multiple FBI policies, including failing to report contacts with foreign nationals, and failing to report their own misconduct as well as their colleagues' misconduct.
The report says three of the officials implicated in the report resigned, two retired and one was removed from his position.
The FBI is not the first U.S. law enforcement agency to have to discipline its personnel for engaging with foreign prostitutes.
The Secret Service and Drug Enforcement Administration was hit b
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The price you might pay for a single false statement made to the FBI can be steep. This offense is a federal crime and a felony, meaning a conviction could haunt you for the rest of your life.
If you are convicted of making a false statement, you could face up to five years in federal prison. This penalty could be extended to a maximum of eight years if your misstatement relates to any act of international or domestic terrorism.
Time in prison is not the only potential consequence. There are also collateral consequences that can follow a conviction for making a false statement. Given that this offense is a felony, you could spend the rest of your life identified as a convicted felon. This could cost you your right to vote or own a firearm
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DOJ watchdog: Senior FBI official solicited prostitutes several times
* An FBI employee is found to have solicited prostitutes multiple times
* They retired prior to an interview with the inspector general
* State and federal prosecutions were declined
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Maintaining some sort of database of known criminals and their criminal associates is undoubtedly a smart thing to do. Cross-referencing detainees makes sense, especially when it comes to larger criminal organizations. Ensuring databases are up to date, both in terms of adding new associates as well as removing people who aren’t connected to criminal activity, is a must. Giving people a way to contest their inclusion in these databases would seem to be key, considering the nation’s largest gang databases (the “no-fly” list, terrorist watchlists) provide that option, even though it took quite a bit of litigation to make this happen.
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That Time Google Kinda, But Not Really, Accused People Searching For Techdirt Of Searching For CSAM
Failures
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Earlier this week I posted two examples of people falsely being told that a post or a search was deemed connected to child sexual abuse material. Earlier this week, I thought I had spotted another example, when someone on Bluesky alerted me that they had searched for “techdirt” and the results included a line saying “We think that your search might be associated with child sexual abuse. Child sexual abuse or viewing sexual imagery of children can lead to imprisonment and….”
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