We are finding out this week only the peons are forced to have their junk felt up by the TSA. The federal government, who we have been told is of the people, for the people, by the people, has special privileges that the "people" don't have including opting out of the TSA intrusive checkpoints. It's no wonder few in the government have worked to protect the people from the TSA.
Joining that list of Congressmen and of course the President is:
Cabinet secretaries
exclusive group of senior U.S. officials
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, R-Ohio, who avoided security before a recent flight from Washington's Reagan National Airport.