Has the Secret Service deployed shape-shifter agents?

Wired’s Danger Room blog actually posed that question to the National Security Council after a recent conspiracy video suggested that an alien, robot or shape-shifter being had guarded President Obama at a recent event. (You can watch the video at the Wired blog. Warning: It has some offensive language.)

An NSC spokeswoman said she can’t confirm the video’s claims, but “any alleged program to guard the president with aliens or robots would likely have to be scaled back or eliminated in the sequester,” according to the Danger Room blog.

The White House dismissed the alien bodyguards as too costly in this era of budgetary austerity. “I can’t confirm the claims made in this video, but any alleged program to guard the president with aliens or robots would likely have to be scaled back or eliminated in the sequester,” Caitlin Hayden, the chief spokeswoman for the National Security Council, e-mails Danger Room. “I’d refer you to the Secret Service or Area 51 for more details.” We are journalistically obligated to observe that this isn’t a flat denial.