[Choose Ye This Day]

"The guys following him up to the door need to follow him through the door."

Do they? I don't know. I'm no armchair Secret Service agent. If so, then that should have been clearly agreed upon as an exception to the rule (and maybe it was, and the Chilenos forgot, or intentionally decided not to honor the exception).

But I'm still not convinced that agents outside couldn't have followed the President up to the doorway, covering his back, and stayed in place as the President went inside. Then the interior team, who would have already been in place waiting for the President--having swept the building and its occupants thoroughly--would have taken over.

But this is all Monday morning Treasury agenting. Or Sunday morning. I don't know what these guys deal with, or how they have to do their jobs. But the President should never be in danger, and that is the only job those guys have. If the dimplomatic protocol was going to put W in danger, then the President shouldn't have been there.

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

I don't know what these guys deal with, or how they have to do their jobs.

That's right. And obviously, the President himself felt the agent had a right to come in. That's good enough for me.

[vbmoneyspender]

I don't think you need to be a secret service agent to understand that the President is safer with his secret service detail following him into the area he was going into? But you don't have to take my word for it. You take the word of the secret service agent that was trying to follow the President into the area and was prevented from doing his job by the Chileans. You can also take the word of the President who went back out to make sure that he was followed into the area by his secret service escort. Given that, I think your last post is ridiculous, particularly since it is so clearly belied by the actions of both the secret service AND the President. Finally, you seem to be giving the benefit of the doubt to the Chileans and assuming that our secret service people were the ones who miscommunicated with the Chileans. Why is that?

[A Citizen Reporter]

Here is your post from #728:"But, if you look, now the thread is turning bitter that Bush is traveling, that his SS detail failed etc. It's just like clockwork here.

Here is your post to Choose Ye This Day at #860:

I subscribe to your take.

Here is the latest CYTD remark:

"If the dimplomatic protocol was going to put W in danger, then the President shouldn't have been there."

Care to comment?