[Travelandtourism] TSA tells air travelers: No wrapped gifts

[Peter Donahue]

Hello Cheryl and everyone,

Ba. humbug!!

Peter Donahue


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From: "cheryl echevarria" <cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com>
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Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2011 3:48 PM
Subject: [Travelandtourism] TSA tells air travelers: No wrapped gifts


WASHINGTON - The Transportation Security Administration has a tip for Santas 
traveling by air this holiday season: wrap those gifts after you fly, not 
before.

If you pack wrapped presents, the TSA's little helpers - airport screeners - 
will tear them open, surely putting the kibosh on fliers' holiday cheer.

The Grinchy message may not help the agency's lackluster public image, but 
the policy is a security no-brainer - wrapped presents would be a gift to 
terrorists hoping to slip threats onto airplanes.

The wrapping paper isn't only a tool of terrorists.

Last week screeners opened one traveler's gift-wrapped packages at Los 
Angeles International Airptort and found 35 pounds of marijuana, according 
to Los Angeles' Daily Breeze.

Derik Dwayne Neely, 32, of Flint, Mich., was arrested on suspicion of 
transporting marijuana for sale, according to the paper.

On its "3-1-1 for Holiday Travel" the agency even offers advice on how to 
dress to avoid setting off checkpoint metal detectors, and curtly warns 
travelers against humbug like irreverent humor.

"Be considerate and save jokes for after the checkpoint," the agency writes.

jstraw at nydailynews.com



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