[ken5050]

The USSS agent, by allowing himself to get involved in a slightly physical confrontation, was, at that time, incapable of protecting the President. That is his ONLY purpose in these types of settings. The mere fact that he was impeded shoudl have been a cause for alarm..once he realized that the President was moving away from him, he should have verbally call W back..

[Mo1]

The mere fact that he was impeded shoudl have been a cause for alarm..once he realized that the President was moving away from him, he should have verbally call W back..

I'm thinking something like that may have happened since the President did go back to the door

[CindyDawg]

he should have verbally call W back..

Maybe he did and that's why GB turned around

[krunkygirl]

Ken,
I think your comments have been clear-headed and correct.
This situation should never have resulted in President Bush actually WADING INTO THE FRAY.
The SS agents should have a contingency plan that mirrors what you suggested: a clear, loud 'call' to the President and other SS agents that something unusual was afoot _to immediately alert them_. Their job would then be to completely close ranks around the President and, with just a split second to decide, determine if he should be thrown to the ground to be physically protected on-the-spot or hustled out of there as quickly as possible.