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Friday, July 11, 2008 12:00 AM

Ask the pilot

Propped up by a culture of fear, TSA has become a bureaucracy with too much power and little accountability. Where will the lunacy stop?
By Patrick Smith

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  • Thursday, July 10, 2008 08:15 PM

    nail clippers

    i went through a smallish airport in poland recently, and i was impressed that the scanner-dude hunted down my nail clippers (which had been through probably 10 to 20 scans at various airports).

    it wasn't the nail clippers he didn't like, it was the little fold-out nail file/pick tool!

    that's a 2" long blade, you know.

    the guy was cool though, he let me snap it off and throw it away.

    that way i could keep the clippers.

    fred

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