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ProSense

(116,464 posts)
Thu Apr 19, 2012, 09:30 PM Apr 2012

PHOTO: Agent In Secret Service Scandal Was In Sarah Palin’s Security Detail

PHOTO: Agent In Secret Service Scandal Was In Sarah Palin’s Security Detail

David Chaney has been identified as the Secret Service supervisor who retired under pressure this week in the wake of the prostitution scandal rocking the agency. Here’s a photo he posted on his Facebook wall back in 2009 of him protecting former GOP vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin.

“I was really checking her out, if you know what i mean?” he wrote in response to a friend, joking that he was a Palin “stalker.”



Another photo of him protecting Palin, posted later in 2009:



http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entries/photo-agent-in-secret-service-scandal-with-sarah




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PHOTO: Agent In Secret Service Scandal Was In Sarah Palin’s Security Detail (Original Post) ProSense Apr 2012 OP
is that a wedding ring i see? tsk, tsk.... nt seabeyond Apr 2012 #1
Oh... some DC divorce attorneys are going to be very Fawke Em Apr 2012 #22
The flag pin cancels out the infidelity. (Ask Newt.) nt TrollBuster9090 Apr 2012 #30
The "Thousand Mile Rule" applies in Columbia, though. Gidney N Cloyd Apr 2012 #40
And isn't that the cutest little wedding ring you ever saw? notadmblnd Apr 2012 #2
I bet every one of those SS guys vote repuke Skittles Apr 2012 #6
I'll bet you their voter registration was checked well before they were admitted to the program. MADem Apr 2012 #13
I had dinner with a SS agent on Bush's detail a few years ago. bluedigger Apr 2012 #25
Thanks for being reasonable! ellie_belly Apr 2012 #35
What a sophomoric comment. Glad he's gone. nt gateley Apr 2012 #3
What a dirtbag...n/t orwell Apr 2012 #4
what an asshole MichiganVote Apr 2012 #5
Sounds like a Republican. No wonder this happened. freshwest Apr 2012 #7
He looks very creepy in that first photo WhoIsNumberNone Apr 2012 #8
I admit, I am skewed a bit, BUT liberalmuse Apr 2012 #9
The utter disrespect for the President and for the country is mostly and usually from the RW. nt nanabugg Apr 2012 #16
they are civil service gejohnston Apr 2012 #21
I was married to one dmr Apr 2012 #23
cool, that improves my image of the gejohnston Apr 2012 #34
I know several. Fawke Em Apr 2012 #24
glad to know nt gejohnston Apr 2012 #33
Politics does not play a role in this nadinbrzezinski Apr 2012 #42
I guess I am naive but I would have thought active... Spazito Apr 2012 #10
If that was posted publically, he should have been fired immediately cally Apr 2012 #11
You are not naive. You understand standards of conduct. MADem Apr 2012 #14
What's so secret about posting on FB? He should have been fired long ago! nt nanabugg Apr 2012 #15
I Guess He's Got a Thing for Whores AnnieBW Apr 2012 #12
And we all know how horrible WHORES are. Luminous Animal Apr 2012 #18
oh you silly slut! 2banon Apr 2012 #26
what happened to gejohnston Apr 2012 #20
What The Fuck is a "real whore"? cherokeeprogressive Apr 2012 #29
Why wasn't he fired then for his comment. Professionalism as we are told over and over and over Luminous Animal Apr 2012 #17
MMmm hmmm Kencorburn Apr 2012 #19
2nd pic was posted in '09. How long after the election does the SS cover the losers? Bozita Apr 2012 #27
It's called a honey trap. unionworks Apr 2012 #28
Hugo Chavez is laughing his ass off. TrollBuster9090 Apr 2012 #32
....don't forget unionworks Apr 2012 #41
Can you read the thought balloon over his head? "Nice ass..." TrollBuster9090 Apr 2012 #31
Kick! n/t ProSense Apr 2012 #36
It's terrifying to think there's such horrible unprofessional behavior` myrna minx Apr 2012 #37
See? PROOF that this is all Obama's fault! GoCubsGo Apr 2012 #38
Who does this guy think he is? A contractor? GreatCaesarsGhost Apr 2012 #39

MADem

(135,425 posts)
13. I'll bet you their voter registration was checked well before they were admitted to the program.
Thu Apr 19, 2012, 10:47 PM
Apr 2012

And I'll wager most if not all of them were hired during the Bush regime.

bluedigger

(17,087 posts)
25. I had dinner with a SS agent on Bush's detail a few years ago.
Thu Apr 19, 2012, 11:50 PM
Apr 2012

He was a young guy and dating a coworker. He joined several of us for dinner one night. He was very circumspect and said nothing disloyal to the President the whole evening, but I could tell he stifled a grin a few times when disparaging comments were made, or folks tried to "catch" him out.

I liked him. Don't stereotype these guys is all I'm saying.

liberalmuse

(18,672 posts)
9. I admit, I am skewed a bit, BUT
Thu Apr 19, 2012, 10:04 PM
Apr 2012

I totally get a right-wing vibe from this. You can bet that SS agents who were libs and dedicated to protecting our President wouldn't have engaged in this nonsense. Lib or Winger - what they did was wrong (I will bet a bit of money that they were politically to the right). I might be wrong, but in reading this story, I immediately thought that they were politically to the right and likely voted Republican.

gejohnston

(17,502 posts)
21. they are civil service
Thu Apr 19, 2012, 11:34 PM
Apr 2012

Have you ever met a liberal cop? I haven't. I mean, it's kind of an oxymoron.

Fawke Em

(11,366 posts)
24. I know several.
Thu Apr 19, 2012, 11:48 PM
Apr 2012

Here's one who used to work for our sheriff's department. He's now retired and writes a liberal column in the local paper: http://www.knoxnews.com/staff/david-hunter/

 

nadinbrzezinski

(154,021 posts)
42. Politics does not play a role in this
Fri Apr 20, 2012, 01:52 PM
Apr 2012

Sorry.

The more relevant question is how much pressure they need to blow off steam.

Spazito

(50,484 posts)
10. I guess I am naive but I would have thought active...
Thu Apr 19, 2012, 10:11 PM
Apr 2012

Secret Service agents would not be posting photos of themselves while making sexist comments on Facebook. I am guessing that his page was/is public seeing as TPM found the photo and the comments although I could be wrong about that.

cally

(21,596 posts)
11. If that was posted publically, he should have been fired immediately
Thu Apr 19, 2012, 10:17 PM
Apr 2012

Sarah Palin was a VP candidate and it's his job to show respect and protect her.

MADem

(135,425 posts)
14. You are not naive. You understand standards of conduct.
Thu Apr 19, 2012, 10:49 PM
Apr 2012

This guy is both a tool and a fool, and it's obvious that his hiring predates Obama's administration.

Luminous Animal

(27,310 posts)
18. And we all know how horrible WHORES are.
Thu Apr 19, 2012, 11:15 PM
Apr 2012

Awful awful people. Just awful. Whores. Every awful person should be called a whore because prostitutes are despicable people.

gejohnston

(17,502 posts)
20. what happened to
Thu Apr 19, 2012, 11:32 PM
Apr 2012

separating personal conduct with the job? Prostitution is legal in Columbia, so he didn't break any laws. I might not want him for a son in law, but that has nothing to do with his job.

Luminous Animal

(27,310 posts)
17. Why wasn't he fired then for his comment. Professionalism as we are told over and over and over
Thu Apr 19, 2012, 11:12 PM
Apr 2012

again. The entire government is a PR scheme.

Bozita

(26,955 posts)
27. 2nd pic was posted in '09. How long after the election does the SS cover the losers?
Fri Apr 20, 2012, 12:01 AM
Apr 2012

Days?

Weeks? ... More?

 

unionworks

(3,574 posts)
28. It's called a honey trap.
Fri Apr 20, 2012, 12:16 AM
Apr 2012

Spooks are trained to recognize and avoid them. These guys knew better. At least, they embarrased the US. At worst, they showed our enemies that our highest level of security is easily compromised.Hugo Chavez is laughing his ass off.

TrollBuster9090

(5,955 posts)
32. Hugo Chavez is laughing his ass off.
Fri Apr 20, 2012, 12:30 AM
Apr 2012

Correction: Hugo Chavez is training prostitutes how to kill with hat-pins and stiletto heels.

myrna minx

(22,772 posts)
37. It's terrifying to think there's such horrible unprofessional behavior`
Fri Apr 20, 2012, 10:06 AM
Apr 2012

in the Secret Service. *These* are the people protecting the President?!

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