An entirely different take on the double security checks on former president APJ Abdul Kalam, which has angered India.

On Firstpost.com: APJ Abdul Kalam, for a moment, must have disapproved of the sloppiness of the US security officials. Not because he was being put through rigorous checks despite being a dignitary but because the officials missed a few steps of the elaborate security exercise. In the end, however, he, a no-nonsense man, would have applauded their commitment to thoroughness.

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