The article is typical Obama bashing and it's sad to see these deaths being used as such!
It even starts with this statement:
...the Secret Service put in place a series of standard security measures, including a temporary regional flight restriction...
Devine said the annual, pre-planned restriction on flights was consistent with standard Secret Service operating procedures, and units typically mitigate the impact of the restrictions by using alternative training routes or venues.
So, nothing unique to the present incumbent and not the first time the TFR was in force! A more measured approach to the questions would be; "did standard security service protocols influence the causes of the accident?", not "was it Obama's holiday that did it?"
A couple of weeks of restrictions does not create these kinds of proficiency numbers:
Two pilots were not “adequately proficient” in the use of night vision devices. One of them had only flown 2.8 hours at night in the preceding 90 days, with two of those hours coming the night before the fatal crash. The other had logged zero night hours in the previous three months and had not worn night vision goggles in the “local flying area” in over a year.
BTW, the official report is here:
http://www.hqmc.marines.mil/LinkClic...d=61&mid=88592