It most certainly is not stupid, and it's ridiculous for you to even think so. Yeah, sure it's unlikely that someone who is considered to be a VIP with such a highly public life is going to be a terrorist or anything, but what the hell is the point of having a "secure area" such as airside when it's not really secure if people are able to bypass screening? I don't care who they are, if you start letting people through security, what the hell is the point of security?