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They -- Reports that are just out saying that the Secret Service may have cut some corners in a rush to handle the South America sex scandal.

Brand new hour of American -- getting started right now on Thursday that everybody -- on -- -- And I'm Bill Hemmer good morning again the feds now looking in the polygraph and methods used by internal investigators.

Questioning the results just a day after the Secret Service director offered this apology.

I am deeply disappointed.

And I apologize for the misconduct of these employees.

And the distraction -- is that it has caused.

The men and women of the US Secret Service are committed to continuing to live up to the standards that the president the congress.

In the American people expect and deserve.

Has been a lot of focus and -- William -- no doubt he would like to have this behind them at the Secret Service Molly Henneberg joins me live in Washington and -- -- an investigation.

Of the investigation -- Again -- -- -- but yes whether the polygraph so the agents who were sent home we're done correctly.

Did these men sit for multiple lie detector test that took an unusual amount of time under an unusual amount of pressure according to the Washington Post.

And now the inspector general of the Department of Homeland Security Charles Edwards was at that hearing yesterday apparently is investigating whether that type of polygraph -- -- elicited flawed results.

Some of the men who were pushed out of the Secret Service over this incident are now fighting to get -- jobs back.

-- -- there's also an issue about whether or not this was just a one time incident of course they would like to portray it that way but there's -- some evidence that is happened.

More profit and and other agencies as well.

Yes but Mark Sullivan insisted yesterday that this is not a wider problem within the Secret Service or among the specific agents on the Cartagena Colombia trip here's more.

We did use every investigative tool we had to include polygraph interviews talking to other people looking at.

-- records.

And thus far we have not found that this type of behavior was exhibited by any of these individuals before.

But the top lawmaker on the senate homeland security committee.

Was not convinced.

It is hard for many people.

Including me -- -- to believe that on one died in April 2012.

And Cartagena Colombia.

Probes -- Secret Service agents there to protect the president.

Suddenly and spontaneously.

Did something -- are other agents had never done before.

The director Sullivan blamed the behavior on alcohol and the quote environments on the trip and my.

Mike thank you of my Hamburg in Washington --

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