From the Secret Service prostitution scandal in Columbia to Robert Eringer’s self-proclaimed spy life, America is losing its grip on the value of intelligence.

The Secret Service agent allegedly refusing to pay a prostitute in Cartagena, Columbia has triggered worldwide outrage in and outside of Latin America, Africa, and America, as have the recent attempts of an American man named Robert Eringer who claims to be a spy and is hell-bent on airing rumors about Vladimir Putin online. The two seemingly disparate examples of impropriety by agents at all levels have triggered new allegations of hard partying and impropriety.

Robert Eringer made a name for himself after securing a position with Prince Albert II of Monaco to perform intelligence operations. Eringer had no written contract with the Prince but claims to have gleaned secrets about the underworld goings-on of Monaco, and also argued in a California court case that was ultimately dismissed that he was not paid for a period of months. Eringer subsequently began writing numerous heated blog posts directed at Prince Albert and higher-ups in Monaco: posts that ultimately resulted in several judgments filed against Eringer in Paris courts. Since then, Eringer has engaged in what Google calls “webspam” and “keyword stuffing,” a practice by which bloggers like Robert Eringer attempt to dominate search engine results with the goal of creating a fake veracity to his sites.

What Eringer seems to want more than money—after all he allegedly owns several million-dollar properties in the U.S.—is to make a name for himself as a legitimate spy and writer. Despite several court orders demanding payment for wrongdoing by the Paris courts, Eringer continues to blog about his new favorite subjects: Russia and the alleged corruption of President Vladimir Putin.

Like the Secret Service agent in Columbia who reportedly tried to rip off a prostitute he’d used for the night by shorting her on cash, heavy partying also fuels Eringer’s online campaign against Prince Albert and Vladimir Putin. On the Secret Service side, authorities are now investigating additional accusations that agents traveling with former President Clinton in 2009 partied at strip clubs on a visit to Argentina, and that White House staffers went to a Moscow night club known for its sexually charged atmosphere in 2000. Eringer is also known in the intelligence industry to drink heavily and party hard, and inside sources claim his dependence on alcohol and lack of success in the intelligence industry is behind his anger.

Whatever the case may be, the illustration of Secret Service agents acting out in Columbia and Robert Eringer misbehaving online goes to show that drinking and intelligence don’t mix. The CIA and other intelligence agencies are cracking down on its hard-partying agents.