BREAKING: From the WH press secretary

People are reading into his being flown there via Marine 1 that its super serious.

That is not correct.

Flying there is the preferred means of transport. All it means is they had 30-45 minutes notice to bring one up from Quantico.

That& #39;s why last November& #39;s trip was so unusual.

It was on a Saturday, so getting a helicopter would have taken slightly longer.

It meant they preferred driving through traffic for 30 minutes -- which they dislike -- to waiting the extra few minutes.

Further -- if it was a full-on emergency, they would take him to GW or Sibley and get him there in a few minutes.

Okay. Lots of theories out there about being able to clear the roads quickly.

No. Clearing a motorcade route takes hours to plan.

The other option, lights and sirens through traffic, is extremely slow during rush hour. You basically come to a near stop at every intersection.