Nightmare at Reagan National Airport: A Security Story to End all Security Stories

nowpublic ^ | June 13, 2007 | Bill Adler

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But not many of you seem to know that the no liquids ban was downgraded - last FALL -to allow 3 oz of liquid, which was in the sippy cup

It depends upon the TSA idiot you get. Once, I had a few water bottles left after a 2-week trip. And I always take a water bottle onto the plane with me and I hate having to pay $3 for another bottle of water when I have plenty left over already. So, I took three of the water bottles I had and emptied them down to exactly 3 oz. each to comply with the idiotic TSA rules. The TSA idiot wouldn't let any of the bottles through the security checkpoint. I was told that it was the capacity of the bottle, not the volume of the contents. I challenged it until the other TSA idiots took notice and started to circle like sharks, looking for some reason to take me down.

I had one trip (and I reported about it here) where I had my little 6 oz. factory-sealed yogurt container taken by TSA but that one of the passengers in line before me never had to show his ID at the ticket counter or the security checkpoint.

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The Abu Gharb guards should have introduced this in thier defense.