Talk about CREATING an issue...
The President is the boss- they don’t tell him how they will protect him, he tells them.
I think Cummins made it up 100%- since this story just broke recently.
This one is sort of a mixed bag. Obama is by no means a security expert, and good experts don't do a half-baked job without first informing the client of the risks. In the case of the president, I do believe that are situations where the security personnel in fact order him around.