Secret Service Agent on Obama's Detail Dead in Apparent Suicide
Was being investigated for failing to disclose a relationship
A US Secret Service agent assigned to President Barack Obama's security detail has died in an apparent suicide, law enforcement sources have said.
Special agent Rafael Prieto was being investigated for failing to report a romantic relationship with a foreign national, they told US media.
The agency said it was "mourning the loss of a valued colleague".
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I don't think these count as "romantic relationships."