Holy crap! Secret Service set to announce new protective procedures for all press events.

[Perky]

To: Joshua Bolten, POTUS COS
cc: Dana Perino, staff

From: Keith L. Prewitt
Deputy Director
United States Secret Service

re: Baghdad Shoe Incident


I was completely dismayed by the opportunity afforded the assailant in this matter. Please be assured that the presidential detail and Secret Service Operational Directorate takes this matter very seriously. This was not considered in either our contigency planning, threat assessments, or profiling efforts.

Upon review. we hereby advise the COS, POTUS that in order to insure that that the Person of the President be adequately protected during press briefings, effectively immediately all attendees at presidential press events, other than cleared staff will be required to completely disrobe if withing 25ft perimeter of Person.

In discussing these new procedures with Washington Press managing editors and senior corrspondant yesterday,12--14-08 9 PM there was some resistance. Ms. Thomas of Hearst Newspapers in particular seemed unmoved by the potential catastrophic risks should we see a repeat of Baghdad. Advise COS to contact Hearst leadership directly.


Sincerely

Keith L. Prewitt
Agent in Charge

[NightWatcher]

1. I have to take off my shoes at airport security, now the press is being issued Crocs

Fighting the war on terror on shoe at a time

[davidpdx]

2. Helen Thomas naked...eeek

Funny stuff

[LiberalFighter]

6. That might make Bush tell us the truth.

[Perky]

7. ouch

:spank:

[leveymg]

3. Only if the Press Secretary removes hers. After you, Ms. Perrino . . .

Ha ... between this and watching the YouTube video on the frontpage, I actually had a belly laugh this morning.

P.S. - I would not want to be hit in the head with flying Crocs. Ouch.

[Life Long Dem]

4. Yeah the security needed to make leaps into the air to dive in front of that shoe!

No more camera's and notebook computers and pens and pencils and the change your pockets and those keys and break open those handcuffs and...

[Perky]

5. Well they should be falling on those shoes... afterall, shoes can explode.

[Lucky 13]

8. "This was not considered in either our contigency planning, threat assessments,or profiling efforts"

Yeah, who could have possibly known that in the Arab world throwing shoes is a insult? No amount of research or cultural understanding could have led one to predict such a thing.

Besides, all indications were that the Iraqi's would welcome President Bush as the great liberator.

:sarcasm:

[tigereye]

11. exactly!

funny how they are now obsessed with shoes, and missed the whole point of what was thrown...

[Me.]

9. Does Anyone Think The Reason The SS Took 'So Long"

is because they were busy taking off their own shoes?

[Perky]

12. lol

[Perky]

10. kicking for more dialog