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Rubio Security Chief Arrested in Brussels

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  1. G8trGr8t

    G8trGr8t Premium Member

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    arguing with hotel staff when the closed the bar and then decided to engage with local POs. not smart.

    another drunk secret service agent

    Brussels police arrest Rubio security detail supervisor after hotel fight

    A Diplomatic Security Service (DSS) shift supervisor assigned to Secretary of State Marco Rubio's protective detail was arrested by Belgian police at a Brussels hotel last Monday after arguing with hotel staff and fighting with responding police officers. Rubio stayed in that same hotel, Hotel Amigo, later that week while he attended NATO's foreign ministers summit.

    The DSS veteran, whose name the Washington Examiner is withholding, was a senior agent on the DSS advance party to Belgium. That protective advance party was responsible for securing the hotel and conducting final security preparations at the various sites in Brussels for Rubio's visit.

    Speaking on condition of anonymity, two sources with direct knowledge of the situation told the Washington Examiner that the agent in question was behaving erratically and became irate when hotel staff refused to re-open the bar beyond its normal opening hours. When staff, including the night manager, attempted to persuade the agent to return to his room, the agent became physically aggressive. Police were then called. The agent then engaged in an altercation with numerous police officers, leading to his arrest. The agent was released from police custody later that day after intervention by the U.S. Embassy.
     
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  2. homer

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    Drinking on the job?

    Nice perk I guess
     
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  3. channingcrowderhungry

    channingcrowderhungry Premium Member

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    Bottom of a pint glass
    Sounds like he's qualified to be Secretary of defense
     
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  4. WarDamnGator

    WarDamnGator GC Hall of Fame

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    More waffle tariffs coming our way.
     
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  5. sierragator

    sierragator GC Hall of Fame

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    Rage posts toward Belgium in 3,2,1....
     
  6. G8R92

    G8R92 GC Hall of Fame

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    What, he didn't go to the Lethal Weapon card?

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  7. ncargat1

    ncargat1 GC Hall of Fame

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    Please tell me that he has been sent to prison in El Salvador while awaiting arraignment.
     
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  8. gatorrob87

    gatorrob87 GC Legend

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    He is in Europe. Cheaper to ship to Siberia
     
  9. PITBOSS

    PITBOSS GC Hall of Fame

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    Need to hear the whole story -but that’s surprising. Working for any company on biz travel that’s bad - many here would get fired. But especially that role that will get international attention. It would seem like a first lesson - don’t get into drunken bar fights. Either Repub or dem.

    “The agent then engaged in an altercation with numerous police officers, leading to his arrest”
     
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  10. OklahomaGator

    OklahomaGator Jedi Administrator Moderator VIP Member

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    He probably will lose his job over this, he would if he worked in the private sector.
     
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  11. ncargat1

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    Probablem is that Russia is our only all left. They are not going to torture one of our bureaucrats, nor their personal drinking buddies.