re: #426 Decatur Deb Good point.

And by the way, folks need to remember that the President of the United States travels with a veritable army of handlers and security-enough to overwhelm smaller security groups.

I also can’t help but think some would have been concerned that having Obama there would have egged on some groups to try something spectacular to either get at him or disrupt the event by creating mayhem. Fewer people would want to get at the Prime Minister of say, Albania or Belgium. It’s the same reason they attacked the Trade Towers instead of some Berlin skyscraper-more attention and a bigger target.