Federal Agent Killed When Drug Smuggler Rams Coast Guard Boat

Dec 2, 2012 A federal law enforcement officer was killed when a dope smuggler’s small craft rammed a Coast Guard boat in a midnight intercept of a marijuana load off the California coast, law enforcement sources told ABC News.
Four suspects are in custody and a manhunt is under way for at least two others who may have escaped to a coastal island.
According to sources, the incident took place early this morning, at approximately 1 a.m., when the Coast Guard intercepted two boats — a pleasure craft and a panga boat, which is a small, fast launch — near San Clemente Island, in Santa Barbara County.

Chief Petty Officer Terrell Horne III, 34, of Redondo Beach was second in command of the Halibut, an 87-foot patrol cutter based in Marina del Rey.  Coast Guard News
In Memoriam – Chief Petty Officer Terrell Horne III

Redondo Beach:  Horne later moved to Redondo Beach, where he lived with his wife, Rachel. Neighbors told multiple television outlets Sunday that Rachel Horne is pregnant with the couple's second child.

A smuggler's vessel rammed a small U.S. Coast Guard boat off the Southern California coast, killing one Coast Guard member and injuring another

Noozhawk: Coast Guard Officer Killed When Boat Rammed
Santa Barbara Independent:  Panga Rams Coast Guard Boat, Kills Chief Officer
Ventura County Star:  Coast Guard member dies after boat collides with panga

Cops Say Legalize Drugs

Raging Panga!  

Edhat:  Panga rams Coast Guard boat, kills Chief Officer.
Edhat:  A Blackhawk helicopter full of armed Sheriffs.
Edhat:  I have an elderly friend (Vietnam Combat Vet) that needs a referral for medical marijuana.

Coast Guard Member Dies In Crash With Smuggler's Boat Off Calif. Coast (VIDEO)
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Monday that Horne and fellow crewmembers of the Halibut "were engaged in an at-sea interdiction when they came under threat by a small vessel that rammed their small boat."

Risky Business

12/5/12 UPDATE SPECIAL REPORT: Details Revealed in Coast Guard Officer’s Death

Also How, When, and Why Pangas are Pushing into Santa Barbara Waters

Raging Panga!

July 28, 2012  Thirteen people were arrested early Thursday morning after U.S. Border Patrol and other authorities intercepted a Mexican panga-style boat carrying more than 6,600 pounds of marijuana along the Santa Barbara County coast.

About 1 a.m., border patrol agents observed the boat just off the shore of Las Flores Beach near Gaviota, according to the San Diego sector of U.S. Border Patrol.

Agents responded to the area and allegedly found the 27-foot boat with three outboard motors, which had come ashore.

A total of 300 bales of marijuana, totaling 6,620 pounds, were allegedly found on board, according to officials.  Read more:  COUNTY IN BRIEF    

 "Santa Barbara's Panga problem isn't going away anytime soon."  

Panga boats are commonly used to smuggle illegal drugs and people

KEYT PANGA NEWS (video) July 26, 2012

COAST GUARD NEWS

Mysterious Panga Boats Washing Ashore in Santa Barbara County
February 14, 2012

Man tied to drug smuggling panga sentenced to nearly 6 years in prison

A Panga in Trouble Could Be Trouble

Ongoing Maritime Invasion Leads To More Drug Busts

Pangas and Isthmuses

"Pangas-r'us" by John Thomas

 BREAKING BAD

Homeland Security, Lieberman, Chaney, McCain, Palin, Tripp

Things that make you go hmmmmm...   FARC hookers are off the hook for the May 23, 2012 Wednesday hearing in the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, called “Secret Service on the Line: Restoring Trust and Confidence.” As many as 21 Secret Service agents and military personnel were involved with many escorts/prostitutes in Cartagena, Columbia, for a night of rogue activities.  Instead of doing their work for President Barack Obama’s attendance at the Sixth Summit of the Americas on April 14-15, 2012.

Committee Chairman Joseph I. Lieberman (John McCain's best pal and first choice to run as Veep) said on MSNBC: “We want to get a review of his investigation of what happened in Colombia, which I believe so far has been thorough and fair. Secondly, we`re looking to see whether there was a pattern of misconduct before the Colombian scandal that should have sent a warning message to the agency to take action to prevent what happened in Colombia. (read more)  And third, we want to know what they`re going to do from here on in.”

 The rebel rouser, Arthur Huntington (yes, there are more) and his superior David Chaney were among the first agents to high tail it out of Colombia and the Secret Service after 24-year old Dania Suarez wanted fair pay for her escort services. Concerned about a circus, New York Congressman and Chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security Peter King, will avoid meeting with Ms. Suarez.  Don't look for her at tomorrow's hearing.  The suits will be in the house:

Witnesses:

1.  Mark J. Sullivan Director, U.S. Secret Service

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

2.  Charles K. Edwards Acting Inspector General

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Senator Susan Collins
Join Me in Listening to the Senate Hearing on Wed. May 23rd

To learn more about Sarah Palin's masseuse, Shailey Tripp, and a lot more, here is some fascinating information: 

A Culture of Corruption at the Anchorage Police Department; E-Mail from Dave Parker to Shailey Tripp

Poetic Justice Defines the Downfall of Sarah Palin

Shailey Tripp, an Ex-Prostitute from Alaska, Connects Todd Palin, the Ex-First Dude, to David Chaney, an Ex-Secret Service Agent

The Ranking Member and Former Chairman of Homeland Security Knows About Shailey Tripp !

Vince Palamara: 

Texas women claim they had affairs with disgraced Secret Service agent Arthur Huntington  Posted on May 21, 2012

David Chaney, Secret Service scandal agent: son of JFK agent George Chaney ! 

Posted on April 20, 2012

May 22, 2012 8:34 PM  SEX TRAFFICKING GLOBAL SEX TRADE

A Quick, Simple, and Terrifying Guide to Sex Trafficking

'Embarassed': Leon Panetta, left, and General Martin Dempsey, right, have promised to investigate the military's role in the scandal.

Dumb or dumber? How dumb were they?

 Arthur Huntington, 41, who lives in suburban Maryland, was outed by CNN as the john who stiffed a Colombian hooker — paying just $28 of his $800 tab.

Dania Suarez, a 24-year old dark-haired beauty, appeared on a call-in show carried by Colombia's W Radio and Carocol Television Friday morning, telling callers the agent was "heavily intoxicated" and everything in his luggage and his papers was left open in his room and could have been easily stolen.

Asked if she had been a spy could she have removed the papers, Suarez said, "Absolutely, absolutely."

"Clearly, in those moments, if I had wanted to, obviously, I could have done so," she said.

"The man slept all night," said the woman, who was identified by her lawyer as Dania Londono Suarez. "If I had wanted to, I could have gone through all his documents, his wallet, his suitcase."

Too much booze and a boys will be boys culture of untouchables escalated a simple dispute into a world wide scandal and exposes the underbelly of another institution, Secret Service.  How fast can this be covered up?  Kids who think they can get by with not handling their alcohol and this kind of bull can go on forever.. they have a hard lesson to learn when it does catch up with them.  After years of investing, Huntington's career is down the drain, what must his family feel?

The woman should have been paid a fair wage for any service she provided.  It would have saved Huntington and the others a lot of grief.

Escorts [prostitutes, hookers or sex workers] and the Secret Service in a labor dispute that rocked the world.   ABC News