3 Secret Service agents benched before Obama trip

[Tx4obama]

Source: AP

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Secret Service sent three agents home from the Netherlands just before President Barack Obama's arrival after one agent was found inebriated in an Amsterdam hotel, the Secret Service said Tuesday.

The three agents were benched for "disciplinary reasons," said Secret Service spokesman Ed Donovan, declining to elaborate. Donovan said the incident was prior to Obama's arrival Monday in the country and did not compromise the president's security in any way.

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The agents sent home from Amsterdam were placed on administrative leave, according to The Washington Post, which first reported the disciplinary action. The newspaper said all three were on the Counter Assault Team, which defends the president if he comes under attack, and that one agent was a "team leader."

One agent was discovered highly intoxicated by staff at a hotel, who reported it to the U.S. Embassy, said a person familiar with the situation, who wasn't authorized to discuss the alleged behavior on the record and demanded anonymity. The other two agents were deemed complicit because they didn't intervene despite being in a position to assist the drunken agent or tamp down his behavior, the person said.

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3 Obama Secret Service Agents on Leave After Drinking in Amsterdam, 1 Found Passed Out

Three Secret Service agents on President Obama‘s protective detail in Amsterdam were put on administrative leave and sent back to the U.S. after they had a night out going drinking. The Washington Post reports that one of the agents was spotted passed out in a hallway after drinking.

The agents were getting buzzed before Obama arrived in Amsterdam, and a spokesman for the Secret Service confirms that they were sent home for “disciplinary reasons.” People close to the situation who spoke off the record said the agents were part of the Secret Service’s Counter Assault Team.

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http://www.mediaite.com/online/3-secret-service-agents-on-leave-after-drinking-in-amsterdam-one-found-passed-out/

[mucifer]

1. It's so sad that the policeman assigned to watch

President Lincoln was drunk the night of the play.

Serious stuff.

[Beacool]

2. Didn't they learn anything from the Cartagena incident?

What a bunch of dopes!!

[justabob]

3. right?

Wasn't there another incident somewhere else too? I may be remembering wrong, but it seems like agents are turning up blotto and/or otherwise compromised more often than they should. I know it is a stressful job and all, but really.....

[Beacool]

5. It seems to be part of the culture.

The boys will be boys mentality.

[justabob]

6. I was getting that

It actually made me think about my waitress days, many moons ago. Heavy, heavy drinking + EVERY night, even moreso after the busy weekend shifts.... for waiters it is part of the culture too, but waiters only have to get your order right. lol

[Beacool]

16. These three are members of an elite team and should have known better.

They are used to living "macho", well those times are over and the SS does not allow that kind of behavior anymore (after the heat they took for the prostitute incident in Cartagena).

It seems that this type of behavior has been par for the course for decades. It's time that these "macho" guys realize that they are there to do a job and not on vacation.

[Cha]

4. I just saw this on another site, Tx.. wow! One of them was found drunk and passed out in a hotel

hallway".

It's too bad that 3 out of hundreds of SS personal have to be so derelict.

[TexasTowelie]

7. Yes, but I can already hear the conservatives blaming it on Obama.

He obviously forced the Secret Service agents to drink. He tied them up and intubated them with a beer bong.

[Cha]

8. And, this was before he even got there.. see Pres Obama

does have magic powers.

[Chakab]

10. They're more likely to claim that this is another sign of his weakness as a leader.

I'm sure that O'Reilly's producers are already preparing a segment about how Obama is too inept to keep his subordinates in line.

[CTyankee]

15. Or, that Obama chose a lousy team.

Obama should very quickly get this thing investigated and fixed. Whoever was in charge of fixing it last time fell down on the job. Of course, we don't know how many SS agents had the same behaviors under other presidents. But this is a serious problem and needs stronger attention. We have strict controls of airline pilots who once drank themselves blotto between flights. We can control this stuff.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

18. The stress of keeping his Muslim Brotherhood ties a secret was too much to bear.

Or maybe he stumbled upon the birth certificate fabrication plot and needed to be discredited and was drugged.




(I really shouldn't give them ideas)

[lpbk2713]

9. He must have made quite a spectacle of himself.

Seems like ordinarily this would have been kept quiet, at least for a few weeks anyhow.

[freshwest]

12. Forming opinions for November are taking place now. We had Umbrella-gate, now Beer-gate!

Bashing the Democratic brand for fun and profit...

[Zen Democrat]

11. The Secret Service detail riding in the 11-22-63 motorcade got drunk in Ft. Worth the night before.

IIRC, Clint Hill was the only agent who didn't party at The Cellar Club in the wee hours of the morning.

[onehandle]

13. Sadly, that act of a gun culturist would have been successful either way.

And Oswald's gun was bought using a law to buy guns through the mail lobbied for by the NRA.

[freebrew]

19. ?? Oswald?

Right...

[DeSwiss]

14. K&R

I don't know, color me in awe. But I'd have to respect anybody who would answer ''YES'' on a job application that asked: Would you take a bullet for the President of the United States of America?

- Hell, when I wasn't working I'd be fucked all the time too!

[melm00se]

17. Here is the question:

has it always been this way (and the Obama Administration is just cracking down)?

[kiranon]

21. Probably. Need to review recruitment practices. Living on the

edge may be part of the personality profile of those who choose this type of work. But, at a minimum, being found drunk is just stupid. They've hit bottom, maybe rehab will work but do not believe any of them should keep their current assignment ever again.

[Blue_Tires]

20. First Cartagena, now this....

Obama needs to put Tijuana on the schedule for his next official trip...

Let the Secret Service guys get it ALL out of their system once and for all

[reddread]

22. Drinking? right. Probably wasnt even his fault

They looked like regular cookies, and tasted SO GOOD! each one, better than the last.