The WH has declined, repeatedly, to describe his whereabouts.
Kind of makes you go “hmmmmmmmmm.”
Sounds to me like Barry had an appointment in Boystown, and he wasn’t going to miss it for anything as trivial as a murdered Ambassador.
How high did he go? My guess he was incapacitated. One of the original comments was “0 was sleeping”. Those who have lived with an active addict knows that SLEEPING is code for passed out!