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2012: The year in scandals

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    From GSA living high off taxpayer money to 'Fast and Furious' to Benghazi, DC has been rife with controversy and alleged coverups in 2012

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Videotape from the GSA gone -- to the Secret Service prostitution scandal.

To the General Petraeus sex scandal we have seen it all this year.

The GSA -- for almost a million dollars of your money at his Vegas convention this is almost a parity.

-- bureaucracy run wild thorn in my.

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Clearly what we know now -- is that -- and others in fact.

Stole money the part that calls me the most is the -- hypocrisy -- GSA not even following its own damn room.

They'll play competitive GOK.

Yeah -- can't help that you believe that that advocate abstinence and -- completely.

-- -- at the agency responsible for protecting the president.

Eleven Secret Service agents accused of excessive drinking and bringing prostitutes to their -- all of these Secret Service agents have now had their security clearances revoked.

Has of these investigations and why now big time.

-- chest high and fast and furious showdown for the first time in history AUS attorney general.

Contempt of congress just when you think they couldn't possibly.

Go any further over the -- They come up with something like this today and told me makes him look beautiful feeder from the minds of some but it is -- -- pulled a fast -- Great disservice to.

The Justice Department asserting its attorney general Eric holder's actions do not constitute a crime and -- -- will not be prosecuted.

We've lost four of our diplomats our ambassador would kill.

This is a tragedy this is outrageous.

What's more Americans get killed when we don't get good answers about it gets any American Republican or Democrat.

I'm pretty -- -- what sparked the recent violence was the airing on the Internet.

Very hateful very offensive video the story she -- on 1617.

Completely.

Out of line -- reality on the ground for the United States government to say that simply.

Spontaneous act -- flies in the face of fast happened at that god see what state terrorist attack the administration itself has.

Got to come clean what happened before what happened during the attack.

And they've got to explain how they misled the American people world.

About what really went down it costs the head of the Central Intelligence Agency -- Petraeus made himself blackmail material.

What does the White House know and when did they know it.

Living god she supported the Jarrett Jack it's something that has put a lot of pressure on this white out put a lot of pressure on senior intelligence officials like General David Petraeus.

This is a complete surprise them.

Now he's under fire for -- wrapped his service from a decade ago when these lyrics yeah.

Killed a blank yankees don't and torturing Iraqi captives what's troubling about what President Obama and his he gave this guy an audience with the president of the United States.

For somebody -- advocating the killing the das.

Of Americans and their family members -- -- got nonstop.

I -- -- and later the study is now frank Appel has to rent out my co host on the idea also read the book the best seller might act.

-- July -- hey great thanks to be with us and I might -- Kimberly Celeste let's walk down memory lane and when he twelve let's start out with the TSA scan done taxpayers' money wasted there will be sent out 820000.

Dollars -- on.

A mind reader a clown and a comedian.

-- you know what there's some valuable valuable lessons to be learned here and one thing is that the byproduct of any bureaucracy is that they're going to use your money -- use your money poorly.

The other thing is this is a victory for modesty.

Because everybody -- got hurt in this whole thing.

Was because they were doing something that was attention seeking.

Like raping and corporate video which no one should ever deal right this is disgusting behavior.

And the pictures up being hot tub with wind always seems like a good idea and then you have the gold chain which is resting in gray hair.

It's not a pretty sight and I think that the fact is this this conspiracy -- -- conspiracy this scandal took off because of that all these visuals.

And vivid visuals fuel stories like these -- they're all based on people.

Basically showing off and showing up on your dime.

But I again.

Again I must say never -- a rap video and of course it never do you wrap any corporate video.

It is wrong it is immoral thing you say my -- like you seeing everybody upsides Imus seemed.

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- On a daily basis yes I let's talk about the secret Sarah S one of the best institutions.

Took a big hit this year -- with the scandal involving prostitution.

Not pain that bell and of course and then prostitute went for -- two.

Out that.

-- -- this I mean the lesson is that when you're in a foreign country where prostitution is legal you know.

Don't skimp -- today this of JC one guy was being cheap skate.

Ruined it for everybody -- -- the other lesson here though is again with the scandal.

Without sex.

The media doesn't care and -- in my opinion the Secret Service scandal was small -- is -- compared to -- legitimate horrible stuff like.

Fast and furious and big dot C but the fact is when he -- he put sex into any any down.

Any scandal the media dives Ford and it makes its -- that the media and there's so hypocritical because it was act high and mighty about how -- -- -- Know we'll go for the big stories but in reality.

They're as low rent is anybody else and don't mess with with the Latina Latin on the economy and I was like I don't think Saturn get his Secret Service on the topic is never good ideas get the room service bill either -- guy you can say that Kimberly picked up.

-- -- -- I know another more serious subject matter which is fast and here -- talked a lot about it on our South Korea and this is something that is obviously still an ongoing investigation.

-- one of the biggest stories of the year no doubt yes but here's the issue I mean people died.

And this but there were a lot of people that continue to say.

It was no big deal the reason why they were saying it was no big deal was for two reasons one.

Because it affected.

President that they really like -- and immediately remember the media help elect.

President Obama and they and they help the people that stay elected in one of the reasons was kind of dismissing stuff like this.

The second thing is it's I call it F and DS Fox News dismissal syndrome.

When it shows up on Fox News and when it's reported comprehensively on Fox News.

The other networks -- well then it's not a story.

And then it's did you get this weird irony -- people the media are hoping that the American public are ignorant right.

I mean you can't get used to be the media would say -- -- we had a more educated public will now they're getting educated on the story.

And no it's not a story.

Jerks me -- when this is very dead serious case.

Obviously a lot of people disheartened that there was -- -- more thorough and quicker investigate -- sitting on documents attention not coming forward with what the American people need to now.

-- -- We covered this happily as well this story still going on the investigation who's gonna testify who's not and that's still more questions than answers.

Amazing there is a guy in jail because of a video that was blamed before these riots and four this horrible horrible tragedy.

The real scandal is why did they pushed this video.

And and and if some one person could just answer that question he wasn't a mistake they did it on purpose was it because they wanted to get President Obama.

Off the hook for -- for his statements about al-Qaeda who knows Susan Rice isn't the story Obama Hillary's head injury -- the story although.

-- -- strange part of the story -- story the real scandal is.

Who puts the video and why did the media the media in a -- became the three Monkees combined.

They saw no evil they heard no evil they spoke no evil they just took himself out of the story.

And nothing is a big deal to them.

When it happens to Obama I got two more for -- -- quake had General Petraeus resigning as CIA director somebody who was held in high regard yeah also hit by -- -- -- a lesson you learned here is don't have a hot biographer.

The other rested in that the other -- -- again I go back to the media the media started listing to the -- scandal once sex became part of it.

Hi again to Petraeus element to this is a sideshow but -- -- -- sideshow to the media because the media felt it was I -- titillating pride and lesson learned from inside the South Korean Iraq.

That big part of this scandal is.

Why in God's name is this anyone paying attention to this.

-- It's a scandal that he is considered talented.

I would not -- -- hot tub with them as Kimberly said to me but yeah this segment started I love the hot -- problem is.

He has -- About America in a negative way.

Bet you gain leverage and respected the entertainment community so he may act like you know he started -- -- started this actually helped him time -- why did our president say Kansas and legitimize him as an entertainer I don't think you have any business doing that when he talks about.

Killing blanked the Yankees the reason why he did this was because of the critics eating do this because he thought it was okayed -- -- he did it because well -- Fox News and everybody else is critical of this that.

I'm not gonna listen to them.

Hiding how artists they don't like definitely like you very definitely added this after Thanksgiving without.