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COMMUNITY IS.
>>> TO ANOTHER STORY DEVELOPING
THIS MORNING.
THREE SECRET SERVICE AGENTS HAVE
BEEN SENT HOME FROM THE
NETHERLANDS FOR EXCESSIVE
DRINKING.
ONE OF THEM ALLEGEDLY WAS FOUND
PASSED OUT.
THEY WERE IN AMSTERDAM SUNDAY IN
ADVANCE OF THE PRESIDENT'S TRIP
TO THE HAGUE.
WE'RE LIVE WITH THE LATEST.
A BIT OF AN EMBARRASSMENT FOR
THE AGENCY?
>> Reporter: YEAH.
SOMETHING OF A SCANDAL AND
HARDLY THE IMAGE THE SECRET
SERVICE NEEDS TO PROJECT TO THE
WORLD IN ITS JOB OF PROTECTING
THE PRESIDENT ON SUCH A
HIGH-PROFILE TRIP ABROAD.
IT SEEMS THAT THREE OF THESE
AGENTS MIGHT HAVE BEEN INVOLVED
IN A NIGHT OF PARTYING.
THE SECRET SERVICE ISN'T GIVING
A LOT OF DETAIL AT THIS POINT,
BUT DID CONFIRM THAT THE THREE
AGENTS HAVE BEEN SENT HOME TO
THE U.S. FOR DISCIPLINARY
REASONS.
THIS JUST REMINDS THE WORLD OF
THAT TERRIBLE SCANDAL IN TWEL
WHEN A NUMBER OF SECRET SERVICE
AGENTS WERE INVOLVED IN
DRINKING, DANCING AND
PROSTITUTION.
EVEN THE DIRECTOR OF THE SECRET
SERVICE RESIGNED NOT LONG AFTER