[barker]

In the end, the International Olympic Committee relented. It allowed the actual flag found in the wreckage of the World Trade Center to be carried in the opening ceremony of the Salt Lake City games.

The fact that President Bush said he was aware of the controversy over allowing that flag and "spoke" to a couple of people about it may have had something to do with them allowing us to have the flag there.

[Miss Marple]

Yep. The Stealth President strikes again!

Grampa Dave, as you can see from barker's comment (and reported in the New York Times) the President did a little bit of talking behind the scenes.