Red Alert! Where's the Captain?

"MR. McCLELLAN: I think that there were -- there was a notification system that was going off.

"Q No, it wasn't. . . .

"Q After 9/11, there was a system put in place for this voice announcement that comes over the speaker --

"MR. McCLELLAN: That's right.

"Q -- if there is a certain level of emergency.

"MR. McCLELLAN: My understanding from the initial conversations I had following this situation was that protocols were followed that were in place. And let me look into it to see if there's more. You might want to direct those questions to the Secret Service, as well.

"Q It did not go off at all."

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Bush Mum

CNN's Suzanne Malveaux described how reporters shouted out some questions to Bush at his photo-op with members of Congress yesterday afternoon:

"It was just moments ago that the president was asked about the incident. This is the first time that we've seen the president since the incident. . . . He was asked two very important questions, the first, of course, is whether or not he thought this was any kind of attack against him. The president did not say anything. He is meeting with members of Congress to talk about his trip to Russia and some of the other locations -- didn't say a word.

"He was also asked, in a follow-up question, did he give the shootdown order? Was it necessary to do something like that? That is another very important question. The president, again, just did not decide to answer that question at all."