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So Which Government Officials Get to Skip TSA Security Checks?

WASHINGTON (AP) — Cabinet secretaries, top congressional leaders and an exclusive group of senior U.S. officials are exempt from toughened new airport screening procedures when they fly commercially with government-approved federal security details.

Aviation security officials would not name those who can skip the controversial screening, but other officials said those VIPs range from top officials like Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and FBI Director Robert Mueller to congressional leaders like incoming House Speaker John Boehner, who avoided security before a recent flight from Washington’s Reagan National Airport.

The heightened new security procedures by the Transportation Security Administration, which involve either a scan by a full-body detector or an intimate personal pat-down, have spurred passenger outrage in the lead-up to the Thanksgiving holiday airport crush.

But while passengers have no choice but to submit to either the detector or what some complain is an intrusive pat-down, senior government officials can opt out if they fly accompanied by government security guards approved by the TSA.

“Government officials traveling with approved federal law enforcement security details are not required to undergo security screening,” TSA spokesman Nicholas Kimball said, speaking about checkpoint security at airports. “TSA follows a specialized screening protocol for federal law enforcement officers and those under their control, which includes identity verification.”

The TSA would not explain why it makes these exceptions. But many of the exempted government officials have gone through several levels of security clearances, including FBI background checks, and travel with armed law enforcement, eliminating the need for an additional layer of security at airports.

Armed law enforcement officials who travel commercially are also allowed to skip airport security after they fill out the proper paperwork at the airport.

Some members of President Barack Obama’s Cabinet, including Defense Secretary Robert Gates, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, Attorney General Eric Holder and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, travel almost exclusively on government or military planes and are therefore not subject to airport security.

Geithner travels with a Secret Service detail, for example, the only Treasury official with such a security exception. When Mueller and John Morton, head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, travel on commercial airlines with their federal security details, they also skip the lines, machines and pat-downs.

Same goes for Boehner, the top House Republican, who was sighted last week being guided past security lines at Reagan. Spokesmen for both Boehner and current House Speaker Nancy Pelosi would not discuss security arrangements. But under a policy started by the Bush administration after the Sept. 11 attacks, a military aircraft is made available to the speaker, third in line to the presidency, for all official flight needs.

Senate Sergeant at Arms Terrance Gainer said the only Congress members with protective details are leaders, “based upon a threat analysis conducted by the (U.S. Capitol Police) and affirmed by the Capitol Police Board.“ Gainer added that members ”with sworn protection“ are able to avoid security because ”their secure posture is affirmed by the law enforcement process established by TSA.”

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid flies commercial, has a security detail and does not go through security, spokesman Jim Manley said. The assistant Senate Democratic leader, Richard Durbin of Illinois, flies commercial and has a security detail — mainly when he’s in Washington. His office said he goes through the security line like other passengers.

Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell flies commercial, spokesman Donald Stewart said, who also would not detail his security arrangements.

A spokesman for incoming House Majority Leader Eric Cantor declined to discuss his arrangements. Daniel Reilly, a spokesman for outgoing House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer of Maryland, said he flies commercial, but also would not discuss security.

A few lawmakers have called for investigations into the intimate pat-downs, and some refuse to go through the full-body imaging machines when they travel. Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, who has blasted the procedures, avoids the scanners but goes through security and takes the pat-down if it’s required, according to his spokeswoman Alisia Essig.

The TSA’s administrator, John Pistole, is treated like any other traveler when he flies, waiting in security lines and walking through X-ray machines, including the full-body imagers, his spokesman said.

Even as he has led a publicity campaign in recent days to urge cooperation from air travelers, Pistole’s agency is preparing for long lines at airports Wednesday, the busiest travel day of the year.

Security checks at some U.S. airports could be slowed this year by a loosely organized campaign for travelers to opt out of going through the full-body imaging machine, a 10-second process. By opting out, travelers would be choosing to undergo a pat-down which can take up to four minutes.

This year’s pat-downs are different from last year. The new version includes a rigorous screening that includes agents running their hands inside a passenger’s legs and along the cheek of the buttocks as well as direct contact with the groin area.

The terrorist threat to commercial aviation, including a failed attack on a Detroit-bound jet last Christmas, prompted the Obama administration to develop a more invasive pat-down on air travelers.

About two-thirds of Americans support using the full-body scanners to increase security, according to a Washington Post-ABC News poll published Tuesday. But half of the 514 adults surveyed by phone said the more rigorous pat-downs go too far.

The American Civil Liberties Union has received more than 600 complaints over three weeks from passengers who say they were subjected to humiliating pat-downs at U.S. airports, and the pace is accelerating, according to ACLU legislative counsel Christopher Calabrese.

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Associated Press writers Laurie Kellman, Martin Crutsinger and Larry Margasak contributed to this story.

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  • Sondergard
    Posted on November 23, 2010 at 4:34pm

    profile people!!!! i am white but if every time i walk by a white person if they punch me in the face should i not have my guard up??? we should have a hybrid system that uses israels system, dogs, a body scan, and profile individuals! if muslims do not like it they need to put their own people in check and take care of the problemso we don’t have to. but do you see all the “good” muslims declaring war on the others?

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    • MrsHess
      Posted on November 23, 2010 at 5:19pm

      I agree, but where are those “good Muslims”? Why aren’t they standing up for their “religion of peace”. I am sincere- I want to hear more outrage from good Muslims against these religious nutcases committing multiple murders under the name of Islam.

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    • democratgirl
      Posted on November 23, 2010 at 9:27pm

      MrsHess: uh, no…..there is no such thing as a religion of peace in the real world of Islam. Who told you that? I read the Quran and it blatantly tells the Muslims, all of them, to kill anyone who will not convert to Islam. And, if you do not try to convert an infidel, you will go to hell. How’s that for a peaceful religion? If that religion takes over America, I will be the first to die because Islam IS THE RELIGION FROM HELL. It is ruled by Satan.

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  • Diamondback
    Posted on November 23, 2010 at 4:31pm

    Either we all go through the nude scanning and sexual assault or NONE OF US DO!

    The TSA won’t even let my “security detail”, Mr. Kimber and Mr. Colt, travel with me; But they want to let “elites” with their “own security detail” pass right on through.

    G-R-E-A-T!

    Got PROBABLE CAUSE?

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  • FREE-FOR-ALL
    Posted on November 23, 2010 at 4:28pm

    So Much for Liberty and Freedom, You begin to lose them for a little security,one at a time. so who’s winning this war. I wounder what we’ll do next in the name of security. I’m not saying go all open, but there needs to be a line someplace.

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  • Lantern
    Posted on November 23, 2010 at 4:25pm

    “The American Civil Liberties Union has received more than 600 complaints over three weeks from passengers who say they were subjected to humiliating pat-downs at U.S. airports, and the pace is accelerating, according to ACLU legislative counsel Christopher Calabrese.”

    Why even mention the ACLU, they aren’t going to do anything against their leader? 600 complaints and what? If it had been about Christianity, it would have only taken one complaint.

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  • MidWestMom
    Posted on November 23, 2010 at 4:24pm

    so, exemptions for selected government officials AND muslim women……

    but NOT for all us regular citizens?? Oh wait – I forgot. Thats the norm in the good ‘ol USA these days.

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    • untameable-kate
      Posted on November 23, 2010 at 6:52pm

      All of us ‘regular citizens’ who love the constitution and America, as we know it, have a long haul in front of us, the progressives have thier foot in the door and we may have to cut that foot off to get that door closed gain.

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  • tugdiver
    Posted on November 23, 2010 at 4:22pm

    OK everyone lets all drink the Kool-Aid together!!! It is clear that the “practicing muslims” are smarter than our government!! But they aren’t smarter than our citizens and this is quite enough. I feel like some of the progressives have grabbed our girls and are chuckling while they feel them up and we are strapped to a chair. I don’t like this anymore.

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  • Wilma
    Posted on November 23, 2010 at 4:21pm

    My sister-in-law was told to remove her sweater dress leaving her to walk through security in tights and a camisole. This was early last week. She says TSA woman was rude and ignored her explanation that she was not properly covered under the dress. She felt pressured to comply. Upon her return from overseas, security in Paris airport was minimal.

    So are we really any safer?

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    • Rapunzel
      Posted on November 23, 2010 at 5:14pm

      No, Wilma, we are no safer. The whole process is smoke and mirrors intended to create the illusion of safety. You or I can get anything we want onto a plane, as long as it’s about the size of a tampon – which fits other orifices as well, if you get my drift.

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    • Mikee T
      Posted on November 23, 2010 at 6:47pm

      Listen………….anything…………just about anything that our elitist moron leaders do doesn’t work…. We have to shrink governement NOW !!! Get it ? NOW !!! Because, these morons in public office will never get it……..why should they ? The gravy train keeps rolling for all of them…and I mean all of them….Fed, State, local municipal…..all of the public sector #@icks must go….If you are a career private sector person…….you know what I mean because the holidays are not going to be anything special for any of us for a long time….

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  • temple62
    Posted on November 23, 2010 at 4:21pm

    American solution: All Congress members should be contacted and pressed for immediate dissolution of this outdated and ineffective state sponsored sexual assault group known as the TSA. Obama, Holder and good old Nappy need to be impeached!

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  • Diamondback
    Posted on November 23, 2010 at 4:21pm

    Another example of government ignoring not only the constitution but the spirit of the law in America of equal treatment for ALL CITIZENS under the law. I believe that’s that a 14th Amendment “protection.”

    ???????????

    Got PROBABLE CAUSE?

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  • temple62
    Posted on November 23, 2010 at 4:19pm

    Not going to happen, the do-nothing congress and families are ALL going through security or you had better beef up your body guards. The Americans have taken enough BS from this fake President and his lack luster sock puppets!

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    • walkwithme1966
      Posted on November 23, 2010 at 5:31pm

      Why do you call him a fake President? Let me guess – you are a birther right? Or is it because he is black – you just can’t stand a black man living in your white house? Which one is it? Be honest now!
      http://maboulette.wordpress.com

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    • untameable-kate
      Posted on November 23, 2010 at 6:21pm

      Walk, really?? the race card is over so stop it. Obama does nothing that the majority of this country wants, he is a sham, an empty suit and has very little respect from the non entitlement, and non elitist class the folks in the middle are pissed off and you know it.

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    • Mikee T
      Posted on November 23, 2010 at 6:42pm

      Walkwithme……..what’s wrong……99 weeks of unemployment not enough for you and the baby mommas…?? Or are you a public sector person or SEIU member or the like.?? Oh, I get it, it’s those angry white people again….yeah that’s it…… This guy was voted into office by white people, for your own edification…..remember that…….specifically, white woman pushed him over the top. Now, they (the morons that were asleep) have seen that this guy is only about changing america into something that americans don’t want ? Get it ? Don’t play that @#cking race card here…. WE ARE SICK OF IT !!!!

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    • sallyskull
      Posted on November 23, 2010 at 7:23pm

      @walkwithme
      IT’S HIS POLICIES STUPID….for everyone else, sorry about the yelling.

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  • TexOkie
    Posted on November 23, 2010 at 4:19pm

    The more equal keep getting more equal.

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  • FreedomIQ
    Posted on November 23, 2010 at 4:18pm

    Traitors.

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  • Cabo King
    Posted on November 23, 2010 at 4:16pm

    I quit, nuke em!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  • IPFW_11
    Posted on November 23, 2010 at 4:14pm

    Don’t worry, the vanguard will ony be in place until the withering away…

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  • republitarian
    Posted on November 23, 2010 at 4:13pm

    This is why it was so stupid to put the pilots through it. At least they figured that out. I want my security check and exemption papers. Wait… What am I saying?

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  • J.C. McGlynn
    Posted on November 23, 2010 at 4:09pm

    If we have to,they should. Apply the law equally.

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    • Diamondback
      Posted on November 23, 2010 at 4:22pm

      Yea, how about that 14th Amendment “protection” thingy.

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  • rpp
    Posted on November 23, 2010 at 4:09pm

    Well this is about as surprising as the recent revelation that water gets you wet.

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  • Its Gonna Getcha
    Posted on November 23, 2010 at 4:07pm

    Open borders for some, not all.

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  • BetterDays
    Posted on November 23, 2010 at 4:06pm

    (SARCHASM) And why would the “elietist’s“ go through ”conditioning training” like we sheep must. That makes no sense, after all they are our “betters” and should be carried through airports upon litters lifted by caucasians sreving their pennance for the atrocities of their forfathers”, as we meek sheep spread rose petals and palm fronds before them. They should be pandered too in every way, and of course we should submitt all our freedoms and treasure unto their benevolant care and control.
    Thus would be the opine of a 13ThGeneration marroon. (END SARCHASM)

    It.s all illegal any way, do NOT submit, do NOT comply and eventually the TSA goes away.

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    • sbleve
      Posted on November 24, 2010 at 8:16am

      I think the conditioning that has become a norm in the past 100 years, is not so unlike the conditioning of a Judas Goat at the old-time slaughter house. Keep the line of sheep proceeding towards the slaughter production line.

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  • Derek01
    Posted on November 23, 2010 at 4:06pm

    Lead by example. Under Obama people are now regarding government officials with contempt.

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    • Diamondback
      Posted on November 23, 2010 at 4:26pm

      That contempt of government officials thing started WAY BEFORE Obamao. It’s just that the progressives controlling the democrat party hit the accelerator so throngs more citizens have awakened – THANK GOD – and many of them are democrats!

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  • Conserving Ink
    Posted on November 23, 2010 at 4:05pm

    It is always grating when someone gets treated differently. But it makes sense that an official with a Secret Service detail can skip a fumbling check by amateurs. It’s still poor leadership, true leaders lead by example.
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    • GhostOfJefferson
      Posted on November 24, 2010 at 8:32am

      Then perhaps the answer is that we should carry arms as well. If the logic is that “they have armed protection, ergo, they’re exempt” then I say, tit for tat, let me carry my 1991A1 Series 80 on board. I’m former military, well trained and a proficient marksman, why not?

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  • SHTFMilitia.com
    Posted on November 23, 2010 at 4:00pm

    I do not think any should be allowed to skip it.

    If you are prepared you may survive,
    http://www.shtfmilitia.com

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  • Rillobymorning
    Posted on November 23, 2010 at 3:59pm

    Is anyone really surprised by that? Does Congress or Washington ever have to live by the same stupid rules and laws that they force upon the rest of us? Just heard today on the radio that a TSA agent in Atlanta, kidnapped a 16 year old girl on his way home from the Atlanta airport, took her to his house and raped her. Guess he got a little over excited doing all those pat downs. This crap has got to stop. I, for one, will never fly again.

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    • FedUP
      Posted on November 23, 2010 at 4:36pm

      Why aren’t any major media outlets covering this Atlanta TSA agent rape case. I would think the public would want to be informed.

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    • MrsHess
      Posted on November 23, 2010 at 4:43pm

      Why aren’t we impeaching this joker? Rules of impeachment say, as I understand them, that he doesn’t have to play tickle the intern in the White House, he has to be proven to be unfit to run our country. I think he’s proven that, don’t you?

      I don’t think we can take another 2 years of this guy.

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    • SheriS
      Posted on November 23, 2010 at 4:54pm

      If the American public is forced to go through this garbage, the “nutcases” who work for the government MUST BE FORCED TO ENDURE THE SAME TREATMENT AS EVERY OTHER AMERICAN! I trust them less then I trust the average everday citizen! We know they are good at looking at our records, patting us down, but when it comes to something like this, they make themselves exempt! This administration is becoming a “crock of you know what”!

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    • teahugger
      Posted on November 23, 2010 at 5:20pm

      Makes me wonder what kind of security clearance/background checks the TSA workers have to go through. Hopefully they weed out the pedophiles, sex addicts, rapists etc…however, at best they could only weed out the ones who have already been caught! And so what if someone of the same gender is feeling me up? Who‘s to say they aren’t gay and getting their jollies?

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    • puekaw10
      Posted on November 23, 2010 at 10:17pm

      Do they ever cover anything that realy matters! I can not believe more of the folks aren’t outraged about what the TSA is doing!

      This is a powerful film please check it out!! http://bit.ly/doDGjA

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    • code green
      Posted on November 24, 2010 at 11:49am

      Washington DC is a 26 square mile pleasure palace , a virtual whore house where we have the option to “elect” a new piano player each four years .
      I really like tea now . Lets change DC back to a place of honor again in 2012.

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  • The Vengislator
    Posted on November 23, 2010 at 3:59pm

    Me, for one.

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  • Polwatcher
    Posted on November 23, 2010 at 3:58pm

    The ruling class is at it again, cramming it down our throat.

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    • BMartin1776
      Posted on November 23, 2010 at 4:03pm

      You are correct, more of the “do as I say not as I do”! I don’t care who you are if I have to get X-rayed or a pat down then so should you. This is just another example of elitism!

      Here is an idea I heard Gerald Celente say if you are a guy request a pat down by a female TSO and the ladies request a male TSO! He said if they are ugly just close your eyes.

      Correct me if I’m wrong but the last time I checked we had a Bill of Rights and there was something in there against unreasonable search and seizures. Am I to understand that b/c I enter an airport I am under immediate suspicion of being a terrorist or committing a crime? LE folks you want to weigh in on this?

      By the way how many of those 10 rights do we still have? Watch the other hand guys this is a distraction!

      Stay vigilant and we must bring the fight to corrupt politicians, media and special interests front door through http://www.savingtherepublic.com

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    • paleoconservatarian
      Posted on November 23, 2010 at 4:08pm

      In Soviet Russia, there were once special center lanes in most congested cities which were set aside only for party officials and members of the ruling elite so that they could avoid the frustrations of traffic.

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    • rmacy77
      Posted on November 23, 2010 at 4:14pm

      No one should be exempt! If they were to be submitted to this kind of invasion of privacy maybe they would stand against it with us.

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    • theninthplanet
      Posted on November 23, 2010 at 4:20pm

      Everyone is equal, but some are more equal than others.

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    • TNT1
      Posted on November 23, 2010 at 4:20pm

      Do as I say not as I as I do. Fricking idiots

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    • 101
      Posted on November 23, 2010 at 4:32pm

      Others that are exempt from TSA screening

      Aircraft and avionics equipment mechanics and service technicians perform scheduled maintenance have they been screened? No their subcontractors working in another building. Could they plant a bomb?

      How about the employees that load the baggage from the tarmac? They don’t see the top side, are they even screened and/or checked for explosives? None of these people loading baggage have to go thru the same screening to enter their work area, how about the guys driving the fuel trucks or the flag men??

      No, just screen the American people and take away our rights but, they don’t even bothered to cover the basics “the people that have access but don’t fly”!

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    • MrsHess
      Posted on November 23, 2010 at 4:39pm

      Any honest politician worth his or her salt, would insist on the screening or pat-down, to 1. see what it’s like, and 2. keep their reputation for “being just one of the folks”.

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    • CultureWarriors
      Posted on November 23, 2010 at 4:43pm

      Some of these clowns are going to soon find out that you can only get away with so much. Jan 2011, the hearings begin. :-)

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIoEUTqhYmA

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    • untameable-kate
      Posted on November 23, 2010 at 5:33pm

      Oh how the terrorists must laugh and laugh.

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    • Rogue
      Posted on November 23, 2010 at 5:39pm

      Following TSA logic, If a 6 year old girl, or an 87 year old grandma require advanced screening, I would think a greater threat would be people like Secret Service who are actually carrying weapons! I‘m curious if everyone in the politician’s entourage is exempt. When a high ranking official flies with his family and a couple of friends, do they all pass through? I’m guessing yes.

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    • crolic9
      Posted on November 23, 2010 at 5:40pm

      It is time that the elite play by the same rule as everyone else. They should enjoy the embarrassing, humiliating, shameful, and degrading effects this is having on the citizens of this country. The inmates I work with get more respect… What up with that????? NO one should be allowed to forgo this.. NO MATTER WHAT THEIR RELIGION…. It is no longer an excuse..
      It is appalling that the TSA without any constitutional right has the right to molest the American public. Enough is enough. In my state you would be doing time for what is taking place at the airport. We should follow what Israel is doing. PROFILING and QUESTIONING……. It is simple… but of course I am not as smart as they are so my words do not count. Remember 2012…

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    • CatB
      Posted on November 23, 2010 at 6:05pm

      Not paying taxes … no Obamcare and no TSA .. LIFE IS GOOD FOR THE RULING CLASS!

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    • silentwatcher
      Posted on November 23, 2010 at 6:09pm

      Here’s a good one for all of you……..off-duty LAW ENFORCEMENT (and in some cases on-duty) are not exempt from the new airport screening procedures -but Cabinet secretaries, top congressional leaders and an exclusive group of senior U.S. officials are (and we’ll see how big that group gets as time goes by.)

      That puts our government leaders above the law…….clear and present.

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    • Mikee T
      Posted on November 23, 2010 at 6:09pm

      We have no Bill Of Rights anymore………it’s considered an oudated document written by a bunch of angry old white guys as explained to me by a hot shot little snout nosed attorney one day…….

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    • 11
      Posted on November 23, 2010 at 6:10pm

      Here’s a plausible scenario for you. Terrorists find an individual that is exempt from screening and get some leverage over that individual (kidnap family member, whatever). Then force them smuggle a weapon/bomb on board the plane. Have a couple of baddies take the same flight and collect the aforementioned weapon/device. Now you have a good old-fashioned hijacking. Unlikely, sure but people do some crazy things when their loved ones are threatened.
      Bottom line, either these security procedures are necessary for everybody or they’re not. Nobody should be exempt. It just creates a hole in the system.

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    • tower7femacamp
      Posted on November 23, 2010 at 6:24pm

      that‘s right because they don’t want the slaves to see their Reptilian bodies
      like the movie V .

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    • tower7femacamp
      Posted on November 23, 2010 at 6:31pm

      How many like Chris Matthews fly in private jets anyway ????
      NWO scum, we should have elected Ron Paul
      but Glen said we were terrorist, well who is the Terrorist now ?
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Myk-jEJy8Y
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfzuYzrWYYQ&feature=related

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    • silentwatcher
      Posted on November 23, 2010 at 6:37pm

      To TEAHUGGER

      Fortunately, they do. Unfortunately, not all are known until they actually get caught.

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    • NeoKong
      Posted on November 23, 2010 at 8:48pm

      Where do we sign up for the no thigh list…?

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    • PeterThePainter
      Posted on November 23, 2010 at 9:24pm

      C’mon now…would you want to agressively pat down Maxine Waters? She gets a pass.

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    • democratgirl
      Posted on November 23, 2010 at 9:25pm

      Was that a trick questions? All of them, of course.

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    • jorge_washington
      Posted on November 23, 2010 at 10:50pm

      “The ruling class is at it again, cramming it down our throat.”

      Since when are the elected leaders of our country the “ruling class”. This sort of comment was never heard when a white Christian man was in the White House. Now that a black Christian man is in the White House those same privileges afforded the white man seem to be too good for the black man and his administration that run and protect this great country.

      Questioning with BOLDNESS.

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    • ltb
      Posted on November 23, 2010 at 11:29pm

      When Liberals complain about Conservative media outlets making them look bad and stirring up anger, maybe they should get their heads out of their butts and stop doing things that piss people off. When I read crap like this it makes my blood boil and quite frankly I don’t think there is any positive spin that could have been put on this story, which would have made my blood boil less. As a matter of fact, I feel about as pissed off as when I saw Nancy Pelosi march through a crowd of thousands of citizens with a smirk on her face and a clown gavel in her hand. The new Republican House had better drag some these traitors before Congressional hearings to help Americans blow off steam or some less stable people in our society might be tempted to take matters into their own hands.

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    • godlovinmom
      Posted on November 23, 2010 at 11:51pm

      well I know I wouldn’t be able to skip it…and I know that I’ve never had a terrorist thought in my life..you are automatically under suspicion when you enter an American airport…what has our country come to…they will put Americans through this…but wouldn’t think of profiling a person of muslim descent….that would be politically incorrect or racist…WHAT?

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    • dcwu
      Posted on November 24, 2010 at 2:48am

      That’s not my throat.

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    • morganfam00
      Posted on November 24, 2010 at 3:20am

      What I don’t understand is why do I, as a member of the Air Force have to be searched everytime I travel on official orders in uniform? I have official orders to Iraq, and I get tagged for further screening? I am soooooo frustrated with this crap!!

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    • Marcobob69
      Posted on November 24, 2010 at 8:57am

      Seems to be business as usual going against the will of the people for these progressives, they always do the OPPOSITE of what the people want them to do. When all of “We The People” finally wake up and see these traitors for what they really are, “We The People” will get (take) our country back. Hopefully, the damage these morons have done will be repairable, and at long last COMMON SENSE will rule as the fore-fathers had envisioned!!!!

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    • Beckofile
      Posted on November 24, 2010 at 9:01am

      Maybe we should build ruling class HOV lanes just for the elites so that they are never exposed to traffic and the masses of asses in this country. We could hire some old USSR party workers to consult with us on how to provide such a service to our masters. Some parts of me say let the system break so we can restore the Constitution and not this illusion of Liberty.

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    • XinTX
      Posted on November 24, 2010 at 10:25am

      Some animals are more equal than others……………..

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    • sportlock
      Posted on November 24, 2010 at 4:24pm

      Some members of President Barack Obama’s Cabinet, including Defense Secretary Robert Gates, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, Attorney General Eric Holder and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, travel almost exclusively on government or military planes and are therefore not subject to airport security…

      Apparently commercial flights are safe……………..for some of us.

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