IF the president loses an official car, it is not hard news, but a strange and quirky story. How can the number one executive in this nation lose his official bulletproof car if its every move is guarded by armed bodyguards? If the report is true, the thief must be an extraordinary person. We will need super-extraordinary police to catch him.

In fact it is a simple problem. In a meeting with the House of Representatives, State Secretar