WASHINGTON - Investigation is ongoing into what security experts are calling “the biggest boondoggle of the past eight years," which saw President Barack Obama forced to hitchhike back to the White House yesterday evening after he and his security detail were locked out of the presidential motorcade.

After a full day of meetings and briefings at CIA Headquarters in Langley, Virginia, the tired 44th President was far from enthused to learn that, at an as-yet-unspecified time during the day, the keys to each of the many automobiles in his motorcade had all been locked inside each of the vehicles.

"We really didn't want to tell him [the President], it was pretty embarrassing," admitted Philip Early, an off-duty Secret Service agent. "The windows are bulletproof, you can't jimmy the locks, it was an impossible situation! There was no way to get in!"

It was only after the discovery that the President's AAA card was locked in with the keys that Mr. Obama walked off to the nearest roadway to flag a ride.

Reports indicate that the 54-year-old President stood by the side of the George Washington Memorial Parkway for between 10 and 25 minutes before a 2003 Ford F-150 driven by Mr. Dale Cartwright pulled over for him.

Mr. Cartwright told reporters this morning, "as a general rule, I don't stop for ride-thumbers. But, on account o' he was the President ‘n all, I decided I could make an exception".

Cartwright went on to explain that he and the Head of State really hit it off during the 40-minute drive through the congested streets of the nation's capital, a fact this morning's White House press release confirms. Though he admits that he did not vote for President Obama in either 2008 or 2012, Cartwright said after their experience together that, "he's got my support this time around."

It is now being reported that, though the members of the President's security detail had made their way back to Washington, the motorcade vehicles were still occupying priority spots in the CIA's parking garage.