talking about politics today. we are here to talk about security, your experience as a former secret service agent. this man, this interpreter, not only did he get into the ceremony but was allowed into the inner ring near the president. this seems like a fairly big deal. is this a failure of the secret service? i don t think so. that s not me trying to put lipstick on this, either. clearly it was a failure. he was not only in the inner ring, he was in the inner inner ring, the arms distance of the president, distance buys you time. there is no time to react if i m within arm s length of you. if i know what i m going to do, there s no time for the secret service agent, for me, no precognition here. it was a failure but i believe it was a failure on the south african front. i ll tell you why, having done a couple of these advances on foreign soil, especially the short time line advances. i did the signing of the s.t.a.r.t. treaty in prague. there s a significant trust component. i hav