Secret Service tells Grassley: No sensitive info leaked in Colombia prostitute scandal

{mosads}”We would defer to the Department of Defense and the White House on matters related to their respective personnel,” he added.

That was in response to Grassley’s question on who would be reviewing the hotel records from the trip to ensure no sensitive information was leaked.

Grassley asked Sullivan in April whether Secret Service agents stayed at hotels other than the Hotel Caribe, and if so, whether records would be pulled from those hotels. Sullivan answered Grassley, but that answer is redacted in the letter Grassley released.

Grassley also asked Sullivan for all pertinent training manuals and policies that agents must adhere to while on foreign travel, and Sullivan provided several, including three whose titles were also redacted.

Grassley said he was pleased at Sullivan’s response, but criticized the White House for failing to answer his questions about the scandal.

“Since the Secret Service did not request the records of the White House personnel, an open and transparent response from the president’s counsel is even more imperative,” he said. “Unfortunately, more than a week after my inquiry, I’ve yet to hear from anybody at the White House. I appreciate the Secret Service’s transparency in response to Congress, even with sensitive information.”

Earlier Wednesday, House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Pete King (R-N.Y.) said the Secret Service had “ducked a bullet” in the prostitute scandal. King said he saw no evidence to suggest that national-security secrets were compromised during the incident.

“It does not appear that any of the 12 women had any involvement other than prostitution,” King told CNN. “They were not working for any narco-terrorist organization.”