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3:14 PM, Apr 26, 2012 • By DANIEL HALPER

The president was unaware of further allegations about Secret Service misconduct before reading about in today's newspapers, spokesman Jay Carney said at today's White House briefing. KIRO TV reported this morning that they had interviewed someone who "joined about a dozen Secret Service agents and a few U.S. military specialists at a strip club in San Salvador a few days before President Obama and his family arrived in El Salvador to meet with its new president, Mauricio Funes."

Carney also wouldn't comment on whether the Secret Service was thoroughly investigating alleged Secret Service misconduct, which includes the infamous Colombia prostitute scandal. Instead, the president's spokesman referred press questions to the Secret Service.

Here's Carney:

8:36 AM, Apr 26, 2012 • By DANIEL HALPER

Steve Hayes, with A.B. Stoddard and Charles Krauthammer, last night on Fox News:

8:29 AM, Apr 24, 2012 • By GEOFFREY NORMAN

Until last week, Mitt Romney had trouble getting potential voters to care so much that they would crawl over ground glass to get to the polling station and vote for him. But now, the man and moment may have come together, thanks to employees of the General Services Administration and the Secret Service.

6:01 PM, Apr 23, 2012 • By DANIEL HALPER

Bill Kristol, with Joe Trippi, Karl Rove, and Juan Williams, yesterday on Fox News:

And the discussion continued yesterday on the Internet-only after show:

9:59 AM, Apr 22, 2012 • By DANIEL HALPER

David Axelrod, a top level campaign adviser to President Barack Obama, seemed to suggest on CNN this morning that so-called "scandals" under Obama aren't really scandals. (Particularly, the question was about the GSA and Secret Services issues.) Axelrod, a Democrat, did however suggest that if these things were happening under a Republican president, it then might be a campaign issue:

Here's the transcript:

Jun 21, 2010, Vol. 15, No. 38 • By PHILIP TERZIAN

W hen I returned to Washington in 1992 after a 13-year absence, I was frequently asked what changes I observed. Of course, the obvious answer was volume: Big buildings had appeared where humble shops once stood, and automobile traffic seemed considerably more congested. Crosstown excursions that had once taken 15 minutes now seemed to require three-quarters of an hour.

White House Knew About Third Party Crasher Since Mid-December

What they knew and when they knew it.

9:05 AM, Jan 5, 2010 • By MARY KATHARINE HAM

The newly revealed third party crasher at the White House's first State Dinner was a D.C. party promoter who reportedly arrived with the official Indian delegation and was waved in without a background check or invitation.

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