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Originally Posted by mookiemookie
While some people should absolutely lose their jobs over this, I'm not seeing what all the "oh my god they TOOK A PICTURE WITH HIM" hand wringing is about. They weren't on the guest list, but they still did go through a security check, metal detectors, etc etc. Unless they were deadly black belt assassins, no one was in any real danger.
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Imagine:
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Each carried one part of a binary nerve agent.
A feather (they are hollow) with a nerve toxin in it. One jab on the back of the hand (which he gave you) and you have a incapacitated/dead President.
They ARE trained in hand to hand combat. They have the Presidents HAND, they can move to control the body and then the situation.
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I can think of DOZENS of scenarios where this could have turned into a bad thing.
What if they did not want to target Obama, but the visiting dignitary and create one HELL of an international incident?
This is a FAR FAR bigger issue than you make light of.
I will bet money that heads rolled and ARE rolling still over this issue.