>Howard Gutman
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U.S. ambassador denies soliciting prostitutes in public parks as damning internal memo accuses State Department of sex scandal cover-up
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An internal memo reveals the State Department called off an investigation into U.S. Ambassador to Belgium Howard Gutman that alleged he courted prostitutes and minors for sex
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The memo also cites an 'endemic' prostitution problemamong the security detail assigned to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
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A report by the Office of the Inspector General states that senior officials have been 'protecting… rising stars from criminal charges or from embarrassing revelations that could harm a promising career'
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The State Department says the notion that it wouldn't pursue allegations of misconduct within its ranks is 'preposterous'
By HAYLEY PETERSON
PUBLISHED: 17:06 EDT, 10 June 2013
In one instance, State Department superiors allowed an offending agent to continue his role in securing a Moscow hotel 'despite obvious counterintelligence issues.'
Investigators later uncovered evidence against four more agents and concluded that the prostitution problem within Clinton's security detail was 'endemic.'
As punishment, three agents were removed from the security detail and reassigned elsewhere. But further investigation into the remaining four agents was stopped by senior officials, 'despite the possibility of counterintelligence issues,' according to the memo.
The document also references an 'underground drug ring' operating near the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad may have been providing drugs to U.S. security contractors, including one who died of a methadone overdose.
The memo was brought to light by Aurelia Fedenisn, a former investigator for the State Department Inspector General. She says is sharing the memo with the media to shed light on how internal investigations are influenced by the State Department.
She told CBS that investigators expect some influence but that 'the degree to which that influence existed and how high up it went, was very disturbing.'
The U.S. embassy in Brussels (left) sits on a 32-acre park (right) that is also the site of the Royal Palace of Brussels and the Belgian parliament