I apologize for the post and run last night.

The reason I found it "sad" was because I'd almost expect a more rigorous screening to be in the same room as the president than to get on an airplane. Hell I might almost (note I said almost) accept the use of the NoS or "enhanced pat downs" (if warranted by the WTMD alarming) because there are constant credible threats made against the POTUS all the time. The other thing is that while the secret service agents were undoubtedly looking at each and every person that passed through the screening area as a potential threat to the president you didn't get that feeling at all because the agents were polite and professional. I can't say the same for when I pass through a TSA checkpoint no matter how friendly the TSOs are. I realize that comparing the average TSO to a SS agent assigned to the presidential detail isn't a fair comparison but the higher ups at DHS may want to look at how the secret service screeners do their job and learn from it or at least train their front line people to stop treating every damned person as a criminal until there's real evidence that they are.