person personnel, including 2 supervisors, acted so recklessly. >> i've tried to figure this out between the alcohol, the environment, these individuals did some really dumb things. >> reporter: additional supervisors are now being sent on foreign trips. what one senator called bureaucratic babysitters. of the 12 secret service personnel accused, 3 were cleared and 9 are being removed. at least two are challenging the disciplinary action. some of the agents have said they did not pay for sex and did not know the women were prostitutes. and some have suggested that the agency rules on off-duty behavior were vague. >> this tolerance was part of what was called the secret circus, not the secret service. >> reporter: director sullivan flatly rejected that charge. >> the thought or the notion that this type of behavior is condoned or authorized is just absurd.