I'm not doubting the truth here but I've always wondered where that was stated. Also, can someone please give me a link to an article saying the military had to be unarmed when the Clintons were present?
I really want to shove this up a few people....your guess where.
I can't give you a link, but that was the word that went around when the Klown visited Davis-Monthan AFB in 1999, when I was stationed there. The Security Police were disarmed, and security was left to the Secret Service. In fairness, I don't know if this is standard procedure for any Presidential visit to any military base.
Bill visited my city several years ago. Officers were ordered-in to provide crowd security when not enough volunteered. I have a lot of seniority, so I didn't have to be there...prayers answered.
But I talked to the guys who did have to go:
Secret Service emptied out all the tenements...about forty of them surrounding the public park where he spoke...under threat of "detention" for refusniks: one guy was held at the station for the afternoon, just didn't want to leave his house...no charges.
All LEO's had their firearms emptied and checked by SS. The guys were informed by the prez's men that the sharpshooters on the surrounding rooftops would kill any cop reaching for a gat before they got it out of the holster. No matter the reason. Hyperbole? Probably: no one was gonna test it, though. A very convincing pre-event presentation, according to the fellas.
During the festivities, a buddy of mine had someone in the crowd code with a heart attack. He ran toward a nearby ambulance to get medical help, where three SS guys nearly shot him (in uniform). They berated him, yelling, "Who told you to leave your post?" They told him to go back to where he was: the ambulance was for the president's exclusive use in a emergency. I can't remember how the heart-attack victim made out or how help was summoned.
I can't say for certain that the military was similarly treated, but I remember reading the stories. It fits with this true tale.