article_snippet.sent: That was the message Friday from Attorney General Eric Holder to members of the U.S. Justice Department, which includes the FBI, U.S. Marshals Service, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and other agencies.
article_snippet.sent: The solicitation of prostitution threatens the core mission of the department," Attorney General Holder wrote in a memo to all personnel in the department Attorney General Holder heads. "...
article_snippet.sent: Attorney General Holder doesn't mention specific cases of federal agents and prostitution in a memo.
article_snippet.sent: Nor is Attorney General Holder dictating a new policy; the attorney general said only that the attorney general wanted "to reiterate to all department personnel, including attorneys and law enforcement officers, that all department personnel, including attorneys and law enforcement officers, that they are prohibited from soliciting, procuring or accepting commercial sex are prohibited from soliciting, procuring or accepting commercial sex.
article_snippet.sent: Agents behaving badly overseas .
article_snippet.sent: The directive comes a few weeks after a Justice Department inspector general report found DEA agents in foreign postings attended sex parties with prostitutes paid for by drug cartels, among other indiscretions.
article_snippet.sent: a Justice Department inspector general report, by department Inspector General Michael Horowitz, cited light punishments and poor handling of sexual misconduct cases at DEA and other Justice Department agencies.
article_snippet.sent: Justice Department employees don't have a monopoly on such stories:
article_snippet.sent: In 2012, a group of agents and officers in the Secret Service -- which is part of the Department of Homeland Security -- and officers sent to Colombia ahead of President Barack Obama were relieved of duty and returned home amid allegations of misconduct that involved prostitution.
article_snippet.sent: That prostitute visit was arranged for by a DEA agent stationed in Colombia, according to department Inspector General Michael Horowitz's office.
article_snippet.sent: If someone from the ATF, FBI, Federal Bureau of Prisons or a federal prosecutor is caught with a prostitute someone from the ATF, FBI, Federal Bureau of Prisons or a federal prosecutor'll be suspended or fired, according to Holder's memo.
highlights_snippet.sent: Attorney General Holder reiterates Justice Department policy on prostitutes .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Attorney General Holder memo comes weeks after a report involving DEA agents and prostitutes .