The Secret Service in action - which action was worse?

[IDemo]

Which of these two events really represent a greater offense by the Secret Service? --

Secret Service detains reporter who asked Gingrich about Fox News
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“His aide gave no preconditions; no topics were off limits,” Walker wrote. “That’s why I was so surprised when, before I had finished asking my first question, that same aide cut the interview short and prompted Secret Service to grab and briefly detain me as the former speaker was led away.”

The reporter explained that he had been detained after questioning the candidate about Ailes.

“But before I even had a chance on Saturday to relay Ailes’ comments, his aide pressed his hands against me, and several Secret Service agents stopped me in my tracks,” Walker recalled.

“You’re not asking that,” the aide reportedly said. “You’re done.”

or --

The Secret Service’s Prostitution Problem

An undisclosed number of Secret Service agents with President Barack Obama at an international summit in Colombia have been relieved of their assignments and face an investigation over alleged misconduct, a spokesman for the Secret Service said late Friday.

I'm not excusing anyone's actions in Cartagena, but I know which of the two events rubs me the wrong way.

[Laurian]

1. They are both aggregious, but the potential for devastating consequences

as a result of the behavior in Cartagena gives me greater concern.

[IDemo]

2. I can understand that, but

has it been established that the detail which was in charge of the President's immediate security was compromised by the actions of these guys? Pentagon press secretary George Little said they "were not directly involved in presidential security."

The press conference clampdown constituted a direct and flagrant violation of the First Amendment and likely set the tone for future such incidents.

[Laurian]

3. I think they were privy to sensitive information about the President's itinerary and

schedule that could have been compromised. If there had been an emergency of some type that required all security personel to respond, would these agents have been able to perform after a night of drinking and god knows what else?

We have a chance to fight back against suppression of First Amendment rights, but there are no second chances to correct security if the President is harmed.