Chicago’s wall of security penetrated by … Commander in Chief

It was close to midnight on Saturday night when eyewitnesses say Obama simply left his safe and secure room upstairs and hopped on an elevator with his security detail to get a peek at the lobby. Hotel guests and various tourists who were wandering the lobby in the highly unlikely event of bumping into the president let out shrieks and screams as the man himself suddenly walked off the elevator. He started shaking hands all around and even stopped to pose for cell phone photos, including with one stunned guy who said he was celebrating a big day. “Happy Birthday!” called out the president, who was casual in rolled up shirtsleeves. Veteran Secret Service agents said privately that they had never seen the president take an unplanned walk around a hotel lobby. Even with the metal detectors in place, guaranteeing the people in the lobby had been screened, unscripted moments like this simply do not happen post-9/11.