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You’ve heard of the “no-fly” list. Now get a load of the no-grope list — a roster of the privileged federal officials and politicians who don’t have to be subjected to TSA’s grabby hands. Lucky them, huh? 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...

***There are alot of links in the article so I suggest clicking through to it*** Things are happening so fast that I don't know if I should bother. But here are some links and observations. The head of the Allied Pilots Association is telling its members to avoid both the full body scanners and the patdowns. This first-hand report, from a man who refused to fly rather than subject himself to a full-body scan or an enhanced patdown, has been making the rounds. (The TSA is now investigating him.) It reminds me of Penn Jillette's story from 2002. A woman...