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White House denies involvement in Secret Service scandal

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    Doug McKelway reports from Washington

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And -- -- there there are now twelve military personnel under investigation.

For parting with prostitutes in Colombia two weeks ago ahead of a visit by President Obama there.

That is in addition to a dozen members of the Secret Service and there are questions about whether White House personnel were involved as well.

Correspondent -- Callaway has tonight's late developed.

Today a twelve member of the military assigned to the White House communications team was implicated in the prostitution investigation and was disciplined like the eleven others.

We have suspended the security clearances.

Of individuals there are pending the results of this investigation.

White House spokesman Jay -- again fielded questions today about whether White House staff may have been involved there have been no.

Specific credible allegations of misconduct by.

Anyone on the White House advance team of the White House staff that answer may not satisfy senator Charles Grassley who -- Friday wrote Secret Service director Mark Sullivan asking quote.

Did the Secret Service reserve rooms at the hotel carry bag or other hotels and Cartagena Colombia for representatives of the White House communications agency.

-- the White House advance team with as many as three separate congressional investigations now planned.

Members are concerned -- presidential security may have been compromised.

That fear was -- up late Friday but it was revealed that at twelve Secret Service officer.

Was also being investigated.

Or striking to me and significant is that the twelve stage and there are put on administrative leave as of Friday.

Was not staying at the Korean hotel where the other agents were but at the -- And the Hilton is significant because that's where President Obama was gonna -- Meanwhile two members of congress senator Susan Collins of Maine and representative Carolyn Maloney of New Yorkers suggesting that the scandal might not have erupted.

If the Secret Service had more female officers.

History suggests that so called honey traps do not discriminate by gender in one notorious case and east German spymaster -- Dozens of handsome young male agents of the west Germany to lower powerful women in government to reveal their secrets and they did just that.

Telling their quote Romeo spies.

Where NATO had placed nuclear missiles aimed at the east -- cements this is the end of this story.

Weeks ago I suspect OK Doug thank.

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