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The problem with the TSA is now that such huge, overarching regulations are put into the hands of those at the lowest end of the hierarchy (many of which who are poorly trained, temporary workers), the exercise is no longer about "preventing terrorism" as it is the unquestioning enforcement of absurd and petty rules. The TSA is the perfect example of a Kafkaesque bureacracy that continues to grow and morph with every perceived or make that imagined threat. ("As a matter of fact, I do plan to to give the pilot a pedacure with my 1-1/2 inch nail clippers.) Recently, when my two minor sons were selected for separate screening, the goons at TSA were going to take them behind a screen where I could not see and search their bags, and when I protested that there was no way I was going to allow that to happen, the supervisor called security on me.
Thanks GW.
