Sun Sep 21, 2014, 09:16 PM

Secret Service agents sent home from Netherlands were warned to avoid trouble

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Source: Washington Post

Three Secret Service agents responsible for protecting President Obama in Amsterdam this week were sent home and put on administrative leave Sunday after going out for a night of drinking, according to three people familiar with the incident. One of the agents was found drunk and passed out in a hotel hallway, the people said.

The hotel staff alerted the U.S. Embassy in the Netherlands after finding the unconscious agent Sunday morning, a day before Obama arrived in the country, according to two of the people. The embassy then alerted Secret Service managers on the presidential trip, which included the agency’s director, Julia Pierson.

Secret Service spokesman Ed Donovan confirmed Tuesday evening that 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 alleged incident took place in Noordwijk at the Huis Ter Duin Hotel, where the president stayed Monday night, a White House official said Wednesday morning. This is a resort town in the Netherlands about 15 minutes outside The Hague.

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Secret Service agents sent home from Netherlands were warned to avoid trouble (Original post)	TheNutcracker	Sep 2014	OP
My my, no integrity nor pride in what they are doing	TheNutcracker	Sep 2014	#1
They need to be fired or at the very least demoted from the secret service detail.	Autumn	Sep 2014	#2
Fired, not demoted. No example there, they still keep all the federal job goodies.	TheNutcracker	Sep 2014	#6
Oh Boy..at first I thought this was an old post. I remember something like this not long ago.	BlueJazz	Sep 2014	#3
How the hell do these guys function after getting passed out drunk?	davepc	Sep 2014	#4
They don't! Those on the inside are sooo full of themselves. I'm sure good guys want to work.	TheNutcracker	Sep 2014	#5
No way I can drink very much on a work night. I'm a commercial driver. I can't really pass	brewens	Sep 2014	#14
These are taxpayer funded jobs. Fire them!	TheNutcracker	Sep 2014	#7
If you have this job you have to be on point at all times. There's too much shit going on right now.	NBachers	Sep 2014	#8
This is not late breaking. It happened and was reported in March.	LiberalFighter	Sep 2014	#9
should be taken down	Duckhunter935	Sep 2014	#10
Is the Post recycling this story? It happened in March, not September. Just sayin'	freshwest	Sep 2014	#11
No, looks like the OP just isnt paying attention to dates as the Post has	cstanleytech	Sep 2014	#13
This happened back in March	rocktivity	Sep 2014	#12
Locking: this article appears to be from March 2014, and thus does	petronius	Sep 2014	#15

Response to TheNutcracker (Original post)

Sun Sep 21, 2014, 09:18 PM

TheNutcracker (2,104 posts)

1. My my, no integrity nor pride in what they are doing

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Response to TheNutcracker (Original post)

Sun Sep 21, 2014, 09:19 PM

Autumn (42,901 posts)

2. They need to be fired or at the very least demoted from the secret service detail.

Now.

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Response to Autumn (Reply #2)

Sun Sep 21, 2014, 09:27 PM

TheNutcracker (2,104 posts)

6. Fired, not demoted. No example there, they still keep all the federal job goodies.

Let them go home to find another job...and explain to their families.

F I R E T H E M!

I would not want them demoted to protect anyone else, in any manner. I wouldn't want them to watch my house!

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Response to TheNutcracker (Original post)

Sun Sep 21, 2014, 09:20 PM

BlueJazz (25,348 posts)

3. Oh Boy..at first I thought this was an old post. I remember something like this not long ago.

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Response to TheNutcracker (Original post)

Sun Sep 21, 2014, 09:22 PM

davepc (3,936 posts)

4. How the hell do these guys function after getting passed out drunk?

Last time I drank enough to get more then tipsy (and nowhere near blackout) I could barley move the next day from the hangover, much less go to work.

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Response to davepc (Reply #4)

Sun Sep 21, 2014, 09:24 PM

TheNutcracker (2,104 posts)

5. They don't! Those on the inside are sooo full of themselves. I'm sure good guys want to work.

Fire them at once!

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Response to davepc (Reply #4)

Sun Sep 21, 2014, 09:48 PM

brewens (12,370 posts)

14. No way I can drink very much on a work night. I'm a commercial driver. I can't really pass

out from alcohol, I'll puke first. That, I haven't done for decades now. If I got what is maximum drunk for me, I'd fail the sobriety test even the next morning probably. It's only .4% if you get tested while driving a commercial rig. I'd also be pretty worthless at the non-driving part of my job.

Those guys should be done. If you ask for that kind of work, you have to play it straight.

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Response to TheNutcracker (Original post)

Sun Sep 21, 2014, 09:27 PM

TheNutcracker (2,104 posts)

7. These are taxpayer funded jobs. Fire them!

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Response to TheNutcracker (Original post)

Sun Sep 21, 2014, 09:33 PM

NBachers (15,982 posts)

8. If you have this job you have to be on point at all times. There's too much shit going on right now.

Too much compromised security. This is not acceptable!

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Response to TheNutcracker (Original post)

Sun Sep 21, 2014, 09:34 PM

LiberalFighter (46,145 posts)

9. This is not late breaking. It happened and was reported in March.

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Response to LiberalFighter (Reply #9)

Sun Sep 21, 2014, 09:36 PM

Duckhunter935 (16,974 posts)

10. should be taken down

correct very old news

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Response to TheNutcracker (Original post)

Sun Sep 21, 2014, 09:40 PM

freshwest (53,661 posts)

11. Is the Post recycling this story? It happened in March, not September. Just sayin'

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Response to freshwest (Reply #11)

Sun Sep 21, 2014, 09:46 PM

cstanleytech (24,985 posts)

13. No, looks like the OP just isnt paying attention to dates as the Post has

the date clearly visible on their site.

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Response to TheNutcracker (Original post)

Sun Sep 21, 2014, 09:45 PM

rocktivity (44,423 posts)

12. This happened back in March

The agency's director is female and an Obama appointee? Good thing Congress is out of session!

rocktivity

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Response to TheNutcracker (Original post)

Sun Sep 21, 2014, 09:49 PM

petronius (26,434 posts)

15. Locking: this article appears to be from March 2014, and thus does

not fit under the LBN SoP:

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