Bush's daughter robbed in Argentina

[muscle23ftl]

Posted: 11/22/06 at 2:08pm

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - U.S. and Argentine media reported that one of President Bush's 24-year-old twin daughters had her purse stolen while being guarded by the Secret Service during a visit here.

ABC News, citing unidentified law enforcement reports, reported on its Web site Tuesday that Barbara Bush's purse and cell phone were taken while she was dining in a Buenos Aires restaurant.

La Nacion newspaper, citing anonymous government sources, said in its online edition early Wednesday that one of Bush's daughters had her purse taken Sunday afternoon in the popular tourist district of San Telmo.

A pair of thieves removed the purse from under a table while Secret Service agents stood guard at a distance, La Nacion reported. La Nacion said its sources did not reveal which of the Bush daughters had her purse stolen.

Argentine police told The Associated Press they had no complaint of any such incident on file, and the U.S. Embassy in Buenos Aires said it would have no comment. In Washington, the White House, Secret Service and State Department also declined comment.

CNN cited a law-enforcement source who was briefed on the incident as saying that "at no point were the protectees out of visual contact and at no point was there any risk of harm."

Argentina's largest-circulation daily, Clarin, ran an online report citing the government news agency Telam as saying that Barbara Bush had her purse taken along with a cell phone that was inside it. Telam cited an official source who did not wish to be identified by name and who provided no other details.

Barbara's twin, Jenna, visited neighboring Paraguay last month to take part in a UNICEF program for young professionals.

[Gothampc]

Posted: 11/22/06 at 2:12pm

You act like being robbed in Argentina is news.

Evita Peron
Chairman, Eva Peron Foundation

[Elphaba]

Posted: 11/22/06 at 2:15pm

And the money keeps flying in from all directions.....

this story was on AOL very early this morning, and then mysteriously disappeared.

Hopefully they got Georgies cellphone number and can drive him nuts!

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 11/22/06 at 2:19pm

The story is front page of AOL now.

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 11/22/06 at 2:21pm

Hee Hee

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 11/22/06 at 2:24pm

Good Lord!

The purse snatching wasn't the only trouble for those on White House detail recently:

· Two Honolulu motorcycle police crashed while in the presidential motorcade Tuesday. Details

· Three men mugged the acting director of the president's travel office as he walked down a Honolulu street early Tuesday.

· Mechanical problems grounded Air Force One in Vietnam Sunday.

· A Secret Service agent on advance detail for the first daughters in Argentina was beaten in an off-duty altercation.

[mejusthavingfun]

Posted: 11/22/06 at 2:25pm

Don't cry for her Argentina.

[StageManager2]

Posted: 11/22/06 at 2:26pm

My how the worm begins to turn!

[muscle23ftl]

Posted: 11/22/06 at 2:27pm

Gothampc, I don't know why you make statements like that, I find Buenos Aires to be a very safe city, where you can walk around at any time in the night without worries, on the other hand, it is a city where you shouldn't be flashy, or show off the money you have, which would be looking for trouble, anyways, I was just posting this, because I found it funny that any thief had the guts to rob the daughter of the president of the USA, also the fact that they got robbed while being guarded by the Secret Service.

Updated On: 11/22/06 at 02:27 PM

[Gothampc]

Posted: 11/22/06 at 2:33pm

"Gothampc, I don't know why you make statements like that"

This is my comeuppance for stealing ideas from TheEnchantedHunter.

Updated On: 11/22/06 at 02:33 PM

[Luscious]

Posted: 11/22/06 at 2:34pm

I've been to Argentina several times. I have friends there. Always felt safe. Never a problem. Lovely city.

[Liverpool]

Posted: 11/22/06 at 4:07pm

please, like it was a robbery, let's not deny that she probably just got drunk and gave her purse to some stranger.

[Becoz_i_knew_you21]

Posted: 11/22/06 at 6:14pm

People are acting like she was gunned down and kidnapped. Getting your purse stolen is a bad thing but, it doesn't deserve to make national news.

[StageManager2]

Posted: 11/22/06 at 6:15pm

Unless you're the (incompetent) president's spawn!

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 11/22/06 at 6:19pm

The fact that the Secret Service let it happen IS news.

Aren't they supposed to be watching for suspicious people?


I bet the frist family feels really safe now

[StageManager2]

Posted: 11/22/06 at 6:33pm

Didn't you mention that an Agent was beaten up? He probably was too distracted fending blows.

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 11/22/06 at 6:46pm

"A Secret Service agent on advance detail " which was before the purse got....snatched.


Man, I said it.

[StageManager2]

Posted: 11/22/06 at 6:58pm

I was being facetious, you twit.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 11/22/06 at 7:49pm

i think the point is, if a street thief can get close enough to steal her purse, what could a trained assasin do?

[StageManager2]

Posted: 11/22/06 at 7:52pm

Don't trained assassins shoot from afar? A Secret Service agent is not going to be much help then.

[Elphaba]

Posted: 11/22/06 at 8:02pm

why am I not surprised by Goth's comment?