Winning a Nobel Prize might earn you a few perks and even a handshake from a world leader or two, but former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger learned the hard way this week that, no matter who you are, you're never excused from a TSA pat-down.

Kissinger, 88, was instrumental in advising the administrations of US Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford and arguably played a pivotal role in ending America’s involvement in the Vietnam War. He also — as of last Friday, that is — can add his name to the long list of people that have been pulled aside by TSA agents and given a hand-on screening before attempting to board a plane at a US airport.