[BushMeister]

Very scary, even if it's a misunderstanding. The arrangements should have been (and probably were) worked out ahead of time. Clearly, the president, particularly during a war against worldwide terrorists, isn't going into a large building filled with hundreds of people (including dozens or hundreds of anonymous "workerbees") without close Secret Service protection.

I wonder if the world's anti-americanism isn't getting completely out of hand to the point that it is endangering the president abroad, even at supposed "safe" locations and events.

[Trainfish]

It will be interesting to learn the details. I suspect everywhere our President goes has a forward team in place and a good measure of redundancy.

Still, the fact that some SS were held back raises questions. Hopefully, this isn't a "probe" into the President's immediate security by the evil guys. I wonder...

[Graymatter]

>>Very scary, even if it's a misunderstanding. The arrangements should have been (and probably were) worked out ahead of time.

Yes indeed---let's hope it wasn't a rehearsal, or a test of the President's security.