Secret Service gets into trouble (Alex Davis)

There has been a recent scandal that took place in Cartagena, Colombia regarding former members of our secret service. The scandal includes the secret service men and prostitutes. According to the article these men were sent down to Cartagena early to make sure that the site was secured for the President's arrival. President Obama was on his way down there for a summit of the Americas, when the scandal broke out. He was very upset at the fact that his secret service men, were not behaving properly, and that they were not representing the United States Properly, neither the President himself. There was a whole issue in the first place because an argument broke out. The argument was about whether or not a prostitute was going to get paid. That triggered the scandal and overshadowed the Summit itself.
The real question here is, whether or not there is really a problem with the actions of the secret service. Prostitution is legal in Colombia, therefore what is the problem? With that being said should the men be judged and or punished for these types of behavior. A female agent who retired seven years ago, and refuses to give her name, said "Agents are people too, they are going to meet people wherever they go, and they could be targeted anywhere. What if they had picked up these women in a bar? What's the big deal?" This is a form of a logos argument, she is logically thinking that it could happen anywhere and they should not be judged of their actions. President Obama and his comments on the matter are a form a Pathos, because his anger of the situation is leading him to make the decision to get rid of these people. W. Ralph Basham, a man who ran the service from 2003-2006 states that "From the day you walk in the door, it is stressed that you are representing the White House and the president himself." He is using an ethical argument to prove his point, which is also known as Ethos. http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-secret-service (Alex Davis)