It clearly said:
"As Bush stepped inside, Chilean agents closed ranks at the door, blocking the president's agents from following."
"Chilean security tried to stop the president's Secret Service from accompanying him," said White House deputy press secretary Claire Buchan.
Sun 21 November, 2004 04:22
SANTIAGO, Chile (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush reached into a throng of squabbling bodyguards and pulled a Secret Service agent away from Chilean security officers after they stopped the him from accompanying the president at a dinner.
Chilean security stopped several members of the president's Secret Service detail and a pushing and shoving match ensued. It occurred as Bush was entering the Mapocho Station cultural centre on Saturday for an official dinner of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit's 21 leaders.
Bush was posing for pictures on the red carpet with his wife, Laura, and Chilean President Richard Lagos and his wife, Luisa Duran, when the president noticed the confrontation unfolding behind him.
He stepped away from them and reached into the quarrelling crowd and hauled the lead Secret Service agent from Chilean security agents.
For a few seconds Bush met resistance from the Chilean officers. Bush was seen shaking his head and muttering under his breath as he walked away.
APEC's summit television showed the incident.
The White House had little comment.
"Chilean security tried to stop the president's Security Service from accompanying him. He told them they were with him, and the issue was resolved," White House spokeswoman Claire Buchan said.
I read the article. But that place was CRAWLING with SS agents I will guarantee you. They shook down every inch of that place hours before the arrival and were there at numerous strategic locations along the President's path from the limo to the banquet hall. These guys aren't palookas.
I don't mean to be surly with you, but I guarantee you that by midnight CST this is going to transition into an assasination attempt that should bring Bush immediately home, and by 1 am the border wedgies will be here tying this Chilean outrage into some byproduct of illegal Hispanic immigration.
The initial takes on this event were the right ones. Now all the paranoics are going to show up to escalate the outrage and danger.