Please don't bother Bush with details

A fascinating transcript of McLellan's press briefing on the White House evacuation is currently posted at Editor & Publisher. Here's the money quote.

McCLELLAN: John, the protocols that we put in place after Sept. 11 were being followed. They did not require presidential authority for this situation. I think you have to look at each situation and the circumstances surrounding the situation. And that's what officials here at the White House were doing....

Hello? Over 35,000 evacuated in DC and the protocols don't require the Commander in Chief of our nation to be involved? Why not? I mean what exactly consititutes a serious enough situation to tell him what's going on? Do even his handlers think he's so inept that it's better he doesn't know? Doesn't say much for our national security.