conference was saying this is what senators and people in congress and other presidents do, though he says he didn t do it. is this i mean, to people who see this stuff in movies, you see mob bosses doing it, is this something presidents do? no, absolutely there is not something presidents do. presidents do not freeze aid to allies currently being invaded by adversaries, which is russia in the ukraine. he froze it. he wouldn t talk to the president of that country until the president agreed offline that he would have this conversation about biden and his son. and then he had the conversation said i ll have my personal attorney follow up with you. not his, you know, not somebody from within administration, his personal attorney. not somebody from the emba y embassy, not somebody from the treasury department. correct. rudy giuliani. exactly. and then not even restoring that aid until after this whistle
avoid scandal. cbs news obtained an internal state department inspector general s memo that shows several investigations were called off after coming to the attention of high-ranking officials. among the allegations, that a state department security official in beirut sexually assaulted foreign nationals hired as embassy guards. that member former secretary of state hillary clinton security detail, quote, engaged prostitutes while on official trips in foreign countries. a problem, the report says, was endemic. there was a 2011 investigation into an ambassador who, quote, routinely ditched his protective security detail in order to solicit sexual favors from prostitutes. that ambassador was reportedly allowed to stay on the job. and in baghdad, there are accusations an underground drug ring with you supplying state department security contractors with drugs near the u.s. emba y
and that is something that not everybody thinks about doing. is that something they recommend you do before you leave or once you get to where you are? you call up and tell the emba y embassy, i m here, i m an american, i m here for ten days or whatever the case is? they re saying you can do it online. that s the easiest way to do it. and it might be to do it before you embark on your traveling. good tips. jeanne meserve, following the latest on the terror alerts. thanks so much. a lot of americans who are traveling overseas have a common complaint about this terror alert, they say it s too vague. cnn national contributor fran townsend says they re being too cautious. the government knows it s a threat, it s an increasing problem. so what they really want to do is protect themselves that they warned you.