PLT OF M20 GIVEN 'DIRECT TO' CLRNC BY APCH CTLR ENTERS PRESIDENTIAL TFR NEAR TPA.

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I WAS AWARE OF THE TFR WHEN I WAS PLANNING TO DEPART PIE. I CONTACTED CLRNC DELIVERY REQUESTING A VFR CLRNC TO LAL. CLRNC DELIVERY STATED THE TFR WAS IN EFFECT AND THEY WOULD NEED TO VECTOR ME AROUND TO THE S OVER SRQ. I RESPONDED WITH WORDS TO THE EFFECT OF 'NO PROB. I WANT TO DO WHATEVER IT TAES TO FOLLOW THE RULES.' I WAS GIVEN A DISCRETE SQUAW AND VECTORS AND DEPARTED PIE UNEVENTFULLY. I WAS VECTORED APPROPRIATELY AROUND TO THE S OF THE TFR. THE TFR WAS LOCATED AT MACDILL AFB; I AM VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE AREA; AND WAS FOLLOWING MY FLT ON TWO WHEN I WAS SE OF THE TFR; I WAS ON AN ASSIGNED VECTOR OF 080 DEGS AT 3500 FT MSL. THE TAMPA APCH CTLR STATED WORDS TO THE EFFECT OF 'CLRED DIRECT LAELAND; REMAIN CLR OF THE TFR; CLASS B AND CLASS C. SQUAW 1200; CONTACT LAELAND TWR.' FROM MY ASSIGNED HDG OF 080 DEGS; LAL WAS BEARING 025 DEGS. I SWITCHED AUTOPLT TO NAV FROM HDG; THE ACFT TURNED 55 DEGS L DIRECT LAELAND. I SWITCHED MY SQUAW AND BEGAN PULLING UP; LAL ATIS. I ALSO THOUGHT IT WAS STRANGE THE CTLR HAD ME SWITCH MY SQUAW SINCE I THOUGHT I NEEDED TO MAINTAIN A DISCRETE; BUT I DID NOT QUESTION IT. I NEW THIS DIRECT CLRNC WOULD PUT ME CLOSE TO THE TFR. I THEN PUSHED THE 'NRST' BUTTON ON THE GPS; ENTERED MACDILL AFB AND DISCOVERED I WAS 27 NM FROM MACDILL (THE TFR RING IS 30 NM). (I ALSO NOTED I HAD INADVERTENTLY SWITCHED TO A SQUAW OF XXXX; AND FIXED IT TO 1200). I CONTACTED THE TWR AT LAL. TWR INFORMED ME I NEEDED TO CONTACT APCH AND I NEEDED A DISCRETE SQUAW. LAL TOLD ME TO STAND BY; REMAIN CLR; THEN CAME BAC UP AND CONTACT APCH. APCH 119.9; A DIFFERENT FREQ BECAUSE I WAS UNABLE TO GET A RESPONSE ON THE LAST FREQ. THE NEW CTLR GAVE ME A DISCRETE CODE AND CLRNC TO LAL; SWITCH TWR. THE APCH AND LNDG WERE UNEVENTFUL. WHILE ON GND I WAS GIVEN A PHONE NUMBER TO TAMPA APCH. I IMMEDIATELY CONTACTED TAMPA APCH AND WAS TOLD I HAD VIOLATED THE TFR BY 'AT LEAST 5 MI.' 1) I FELT I COMPLIED COMPLETELY WITH THE CTLR'S INSTRUCTIONS. WHEN I QUICLY LEARNED I WAS INSIDE THE 30 NM TFR; TURNED R TO REMAIN CLR. 2) I THOUGHT I SHOULD HAVE MAINTAINED A DISCRETE SQUAW TO LAL. IN THIS INSTANCE A CLRNC OF 'CLRED DIRECT; REMAIN CLR OF TFR' IS MISLEADING.