[Travelandtourism] TSA tells air travelers: No wrapped gifts

[Mary Donahue]

On 11/16/2011 3:48 PM, cheryl echevarria wrote:
> WASHINGTON - The Transportation Security Administration has a tip for Santas traveling by air this holiday season: wrap those gifts after you fly, not before.
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> If you pack wrapped presents, the TSA's little helpers - airport screeners - will tear them open, surely putting the kibosh on fliers' holiday cheer.
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> 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.
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> The wrapping paper isn't only a tool of terrorists.
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> 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.
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> Derik Dwayne Neely, 32, of Flint, Mich., was arrested on suspicion of transporting marijuana for sale, according to the paper.
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> 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.
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> "Be considerate and save jokes for after the checkpoint," the agency writes.
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> jstraw at nydailynews.com
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Hello Cheryl and everyone,

     All I can say is YUK!!! I always sent my presents ahead of time or 
bought them in the destination city if there were a few shopping days to 
spare.

Mary Donahue