screeners touching their junk. the transportation security asian says some government officials do not have to go through x-ray machines or x rated ones or wonderful patdowns either. catherine herridge in washington. who gets to opt out of the feel-up? [ laughter ] shep, the associated press is reporting tonight that cabinet secretaries as well as top congressional leaders and a small group of senior u.s. officials are exempt from the stepped up screening procedures when they fly commercially with government security details. given the choice the head of the t.s.a. says he prefers the scanner machines over the patdowns. i felt like it was exactly what was needed to detect the type of device we saw in 122/25. especially knowing that we are facing an enemy that is adept at the design and concealment of nonmetallic explosives. pistole says the imaging machines would take tens of thousands of walk throughs to be