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Bag Helps Laptop Pass Air Security

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excerpt:"For years at airport security checkpoints, passengers have heard the refrain, almost a dirge: "Laptops must be removed from their cases and placed on the belt."

Get ready for a change. The Transportation Security Administration has given the go-ahead for passengers to use newly designed carry-on bags that will let them pass through security without having to take their laptops out for the X-ray inspection.

Kip Hawley, the agency's director, told me Monday that the T.S.A. would accept the new laptop cases as soon as they come on the market.

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I'm sure i'm not the only viner who reacts to thsi news with "woo hoo!"

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Reply#1 - Wed Jul 2, 2008 9:19 AM EDT
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"They don't want anything obscuring the view of the laptop," he said. "In our case, the material is nylon and foam, and the X-ray machine will see right through that."

This sounds like the laptop sleeve that I use now.
Your headline should read: "Please Remove Your Wallet: TSA Gives New Sales To Two Laptop Case Manufacturers."

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Reply#2 - Wed Jul 2, 2008 11:53 AM EDT
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I'll take that under advisement.

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    #2.1 - Wed Jul 2, 2008 2:23 PM EDT
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    {"commentId":2110593,"authorDomain":"joegrind"}

    Cool, and I only seeded a similar link 2 months ago 8).

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