Secret Service Agents Gone Wild

Three Secret Service agents have been sent home from Amsterdam after a night of heavy drinking.

The agents were preparing for a visit by Obama to the Netherlands. According to the Washington Post, one of the service members was found passed out in a hotel hallway.

After the incident, the three agents were sent home to the United States. Secret Service spokesman Brian Leary would not say when the infraction took place, or if the officers were placed on administrative leave.

A source close to the story told the press the night of drinking happened before Monday morning, when Obama arrived in Amsterdam. Reports from Belgium say agents were drinking Saturday night, and the unconscious agent was discovered by hotel security on following morning.

This is the latest in a string of embarrassing incidents for the group charged with protecting the president.

Two years ago, several agents protecting Obama were caught participating in a prostitution ring in Columbia. Nine employees of the agency were fired or lost their jobs over the incident. Officials from the Secret Service responded by prohibiting agents from drinking less than 10 hours before coming on duty.

President Obama is currently meeting world leaders during a trip through four countries in Europe. Talks were originally scheduled to center on nuclear security. The crisis in Crimea is overshadowing many of those issues.

Secret Service officials say one agent became intoxicated, while two others were accessories to excessive drinking.

The three agents removed from duty were members of Obama’s elite counter-assault team that protects his motorcade from attack.

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