All the US needs is another Security Department to screw up things even more, with another link in the chain of command .
Whe a King Air turboprop with the governor of Kentucky was on approach months ago into Wash. National, the crew flew according to their assigned clearances, but a fighter jet was sent to intercept because of a transponder fault. Apparently, ATC never asked the crew about their squawk, or that anything was causing concern. But then, with the US media as the source of most external (outside the company) aviation news, we often get little in the way of balanced reporting-never mind the controversies "overseas". Politics takes a front seat (only the "correct" politics), instead of information about an overall situation.