Now THAT is a security detail

High security for Obama's inauguration(bbc)

4,000 DC cops
4,000 Other cops
5,000 Soldiers and Sailors
Thousands of National Guard
57 different Government Agencies
Helicopter patrols over the air space now
Jets join the 'copters to patrol air space for the events
Coast Guard patrols Potomac and other waters in high speed boats
Roads & Bridges closed
Sniffer dogs patrolling the subway and crowds
Snipers in position throughout DC
Security screens for banned items

Dubbed a "National Security Event"

Maybe they should have done it the Dick Cheney way. That is, in a bunker, with no one around, and later you can provide a one sentence press release that the new president has been sworn in.

THIS is whyipaytaxes.