[Hatteras]

If there was a "threat" so devastating as a nuclear explosion so close to NYC this week, I'm sure they would not have let the President go yesterday. Pride or not, they would have found another way to involve the President in the 9/11 ceremonies.

[El Gato]

If there was a "threat" so devastating as a nuclear explosion so close to NYC this week,

They got the ship well offshore before the President got anywhere near NYC. They never say where the other 4 ships were that they checked out based on the intell information.