I'm not sure how you got so close to the President without the Secret Service checking you for bombs, guns, knives, biological or chemical agents.
Now, hey, I don't wanna be a skeptic, but no way this is ringing true to me.
You don't just turn around and there's the President. That doesn't happen. Not with a War on Terror going on.
Laz, the president has ultimate say over security procedures. Wuss had little old ladies shaken upside down, this guy has class and some consideration of the inconvenience his wake can generate. I understand he's had a hard time getting the SS to treat people properly after their 8-year ordeal of checking under ashtrays and watching out for Hillary.