You are correct! US Embassy grounds are best, most comfortable in theatre. As many if not more civillians as military. These VIP guys usually wheel in and out so fast it is funny. I would also venture a guess that most residents know more of the good congress persons history than the general public, with or without flyers.
Did they ever get a oft-rumored Starbucks at the IZ Embassy? Or was it just a super-duper Green Beans?