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State Dept. allegedly nixed internal probes into sex assaults, hookers and drugs by overseas diplos, bombshell report reveals

State Department brass quashed several internal probes into possible sexual assaults, prostitution solicitation and drug dealing by diplomatic personnel overseas, according to a bombshell broadcast report today.

Internal memos by the department’s internal watchdog, the Inspector General, showed there were open investigations last year of several state employees – including an ambassador suspected of trolling a park for prostitutes — that simply went away, allegedly because of pressure from high-ranking State Department officials, CBS News reported.

Memos showed that probes included allegations of:

– An ambassador who “routinely ditched his protective security detail … to solicit sexual favors from … prostitutes” in parks.

– The security detail of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had “engaged prostitutes while on official trips in foreign countries” in a practice that is “endemic.”

– That a State Department security official in Beirut sexually assaulted foreign nationals hired as embassy guards.

– A drug ring was being run near the Baghdad embassy, which supplied narcotics to state department contractors.

But in a final Inspector General’s report on Diplomatic Security Services, that followed up on these accusations, all references to these alleged wrongdoings were removed, according to CBS.

“We also uncovered several allegations of criminal wrongdoing in cases … some of which never became cases,” said Aurelia Fedenisn, a whistleblower and former investigator for the Inspector General.

“We were very upset. We expect to see influence, but the degree to which that influence existed and how high up is very disturbing.”

In the ambassador’s case, the diplomat was called back to Washington DC and hauled before Patrick Kennedy, Under Secretary of State for management, according to CBS News.

Kennedy allegedly read the riot act to the horndog diplomat before he was allowed to return to his post.

The State Department said in a statement that there have been no cover-ups.

“Not all allegations are substantiated,” according to the statement. “It goes without saying that the Department does not condone interference with investigations by any of its employees.”