Chaffetz to DEA: ‘Embarrassment’ No One’s Fired for Attending Cartel Hooker Parties

"It's embarrassing we have to talk about this. It's an embarrassment if you don't fire that person. It's an embarrassment that you don't revoke his security clearance ... Mr. Hauritz described in report involved the DEA agents in Colombia partying with prostitutes paid for by drug cartels. 

Based on the testimony we have read from the DEA administrator, she says she doesn't have the power simply fire these people. I don't buy it. The American public doesn't buy it. And for the thousands of men and women who serve honorably, they are patriotic, they work hard, they put their lives on the line, this administration, this DEA administrator has got to hold those people accountable and get them out of there. If this is the kind of behavior that they're going to engage in, it's totally unacceptable. They should not have a security clearance and they should be fired. 

To suggest that these people couldn't be fired or do something more severe is simply unacceptable. This is a matter of national security. We're talking about people's lives and the DEA as much as anybody puts people overseas in very tough and difficult situations. But when we have bad apples who repeatedly do the same type a behavior, compromise our national security, then they need to lose their national security clearances and they need to be fired."