Is it easier to get into Congress or the White House than to get on a plane?

[Hugabear]

I'm just curious, given the extreme measures the TSA has taken, if it's harder to get onto a plane than it is to walk into the White House or Congress as a tourist.

[msongs]

1. you have to tell truth to get on a plane. the other two choices you have to lie big time lol nt

[doc03]

2. I don't have to prove I am a citizen to get on a plane n/t

[struggle4progress]

3. Probably not. I heard a vice president speak once at the old Executive Office Building

We all had to submit our names and other info several days in advance so secret service could double-check us all; then we went through a very long security line, with multiple detectors and repeated rechecks of ID against the secret service approved list, a process that took something like two or two-and-a-half hours. This was several years before 9/11

Airport security? Need ID and a boarding pass. They run you through a detector. Takes me between five minutes and a hour, depending mostly on the line

[louis-t]

4. I used to joke about some of the security at

riverfront condos in Detroit. I'd say "it's easier to get into the WH than it is to get into one of those buildings.".