Well, they do take an oath to do everything and anything to protect the president and all that. And, in fairness, and in actual almost hero worship - they do. We have news footage of several attempts, on Reagan and Ford, and you can see these guys getting between the gun and the POTUS. Damn fine men and women. Outstanding. And a lot of people know this about them, which made Denny's look like total morons - that and the fact that Denny's had already seated and served their 14 white co-Secret Service Agents.