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    AP source: Secret Service tightens conduct policy in wake of growing prostitution scandal

    April 27, 2012 |Alicia A. Caldwell,Laurie Kellman, The Associated Press
    - Dan Ertel, owner of

    Dan Ertel, owner of "Lips" strip club, talks to the press outside a hotel in San Salvador, El Salvador, Friday, April 27, 2012. The Secret Service acknowledged Thursday it is investigating whether its employees hired strippers and prostitutes in advance of President Barack Obama's visit last year to El Salvador. Ertel said he didn't know whether any Secret Service employees were among his customers. (AP Photo/Luis Romero)

    WASHINGTON - Seeking to recover from a prostitution scandal, the Secret Service is barring agents from taking foreign nationals back to their hotel rooms, visiting "non-reputable" establishments and drinking alcohol within 10 hours of going on duty.

    An official briefed on the code of conduct changes says officers will also be instructed to drink only moderately. The official spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the changes that have not yet been announced.

    The changes come about two weeks after a prostitution scandal erupted at a hotel in Cartagena, Colombia, where officers were staying in advance of President Barack Obama's arrival for a South American summit.

    Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano told a Senate panel this week that the incident appeared to be isolated.

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