Tempers Hot in Chile

Fox and Friends just had an update on the Secret Service kerfuffle at the APAC summit in Chile. They said that there had been some butting of heads earlier in the day regarding whether or not President Bush would be able to keep his security detail with him at the dinner. They didn't say much more than that, but this CNN article says something similar:

"There was some confusion over whether the president's Secret Service agent could accompany him to the dinner, but the issue was resolved," White House spokeswoman Claire Buchan told CNN.

Aren't these sorts of details supposed to be worked-out before the trip even happens? And when they say "resolved" do they mean prior to the event, or "resolved" only when President Bush went to the door and intervened?

(Confession: I am bitterly lamenting that this didn't happen in Venezuela's capital, so I could title this post "The Fracas in Caracas." Nothing rhymes with "Santiego.")

UPDATE (10:12am PT):
I found a Washington Times article (via Wizbang) that gives a fuller picture of the dispute between the Chilean and American security forces that gave rise to this incident:

The Secret Service source, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said the president's security detail and that the Chileans had argued about security procedures all day and that he wasn't surprised to see last night's skirmish unfold.
The Chileans, he said, were determined to take charge of security, but the president of the United States is the only world leader who takes his bodyguards with him wherever he goes. Normally, foreign countries defer to that demand. The Chilean security detail resisted, the source said, and was determined to take a stand at the dinner.
"That's what the argument this afternoon was about," he said. "I saw this coming."

Again, I ask: Aren't these things supposed to be ironed-out before the trip ever happens?