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of the 11 personnel under investigation for soliciting prostitutes and other misconduct while in colombia. my sources say one supervisor, this man with 26 years experience, abruptly filed for retirement after being told the agency was preparing to fire him. a relative newcomer to the secret service resigned after being told he too would be fired otherwise. and the agency is initiating procedures to fire a second supervisor. this an agent with 20 years experience. reviews of the eight others are still pending, but the sources describe the pace of the investigation as aggressive and expect more developments very soon. also tonight i m told the secret service will within days announce it is creating a new external panel of experts to review the agency s standards and ethics to determine whether the scandal in colombia is a one-time humiliation or a symptom of a much deeper cultural and discipline breakdown. much more on that breaking news in a moment. but first, let s move ....