Originally Posted by
castrobenes
Lots of things have lots of effects. The title and post were disingenuous and designed to make it sound like a law was passed with the purpose of exempting former presidents from TSA screening.
Perhaps you need to re-read just the first sentence of the OP to show how it really isn't disingenuous:
As a consequence of just about the entire Congress fast-tracking a law and the POTUS signing it today, former US Presidents and their spouses/widow(er)s will again be exempted indefinitely from TSA screening because they will have lifetime government-funded Secret Service protection and those with such armed escorts have exemptions from the TSA dog and pony show.
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Originally Posted by
castrobenes
This surprises me. I still bet that neither W or Obama will be traveling commercial, and those are the beneficiaries.
We now have evidence that numerous ex-Presidents have flown commercial. In addition, President Nixon even flew commercial while he was president.