TSA Releases New List of Banned Items

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Lauren Weinstein <lauren () vortex com>
Date: December 22, 2005 5:38:19 PM EST
To: dave () farber net
Cc: lauren () vortex com
Subject: TSA Releases New List of Banned Items


Dave,

TSA has released their new banned and OK lists for items to be
brought onto planes ( http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/wireStory?id=1431867 ).

Now, I for one have long thought that the banning of many items
originally was silly, given, for example, that an umbrella or ball
point pen can be nasty weapons and neither were ever banned.

But of particular note on the new lists...  You can now carry-on
scissors with a cutting edge of less than four inches.  However, all
knives are still prohibited regardless of blade length, except
rounded-bladed, butter or plastic.

I can't help but think of the classic film "Dial M For Murder" ('54),
and how its initial death transpired (hint, a knife wasn't used).

A 3.999 inch set of scissors can be much more lethal than a one-inch
knife blade.  Hey, and you can even bring on a seven-inch long
screwdriver now!  But a small pocketknife remains verboten.

At least the TSA HQ gang still apparently have a sense of humor.

--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein
lauren () pfir org or lauren () vortex com or lauren () eepi org
Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800
http://www.pfir.org/lauren
Co-Founder, PFIR
  - People For Internet Responsibility - http://www.pfir.org
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  - Electronic Entertainment Policy Initiative - http://www.eepi.org
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