Politics | President Obama Driver Cuts Off Motorcade, Finds Himself at Gunpoint Secret Service point guns at foolish motorist By Kevin Spak Posted Nov 7, 2008 7:39 AM CST Copied A Secret Service Counter Assault Team member has his assault weapon at the ready as they escort President-elect Barack Obama to a private meeting at the FBI building in Chicago, Nov. 6, 2008. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) A less-than-cautious Chicago motorist tried to shave a couple minutes off his drive yesterday by driving around the president-elect's motorcade, only to find himself face-to-face with drawn Secret Service weapons. The Sun-Times advises Chicago drivers to get used to flocks of siren-blaring police cars and Secret Service SUVs—and not try to cut them off—as a tense security operation surrounds Barack Obama. After a moment the dazed driver realized what was happening, and a reporter saw him mouth “Obama.” The favorite-son president-elect had been on his way to a security briefing at FBI headquarters. Read These Next An 11-year-old girl gave birth at home. The story gets worse. Grandpa might want to look more closely next time. Looks like hackers have pulled off another major data breach. 'How can you be that ignorant?' senator asks RFK Jr. Report an error