Report: Obama Secret Service Staff Sent Home from Amsterdam

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Three Secret Service agents protecting President Barack Obama in Amsterdam this week were sent home and put on leave after a night of drinking, The Washington Post reported.

"One of them was found drunk and passed out in a hotel hallway," the Post reported, citing three unnamed people familiar with the case.

The latest eye-raising incident recalls the April 2012 scandal involving Secret Service Agents and prostitutes in Cartagena, Colombia.

And in this case, "the alleged behavior would violate new Secret Service rules adopted" after the scandal in Colombia that involved agents drinking and bringing prostitutes to their hotel before Obama arrived in the Colombian Caribbean resort city, the Post reported.

Secret Service spokesman Ed Donovan confirmed the agency "did send three employees home for disciplinary reasons" and that they were put on administrative leave pending an investigation. Donovan declined to comment further, the Post added.

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Default-user-icon Arklight (Guest) over 10 years

I have no idea why anyone who had to be anywhere near Obama would spend more than 5 seconds of that time either straight or sober.

Default-user-icon marcodiluce (Guest) over 10 years

so right! love yr comment.