If they take my laptop batteries then I can't work on the plane (I don't always schlep the adapter cord with me) and I'd be raising some heck over that! And with the role that cell phones played on 9/11 on those planes, I'd also be raising even more heck if they even mess with my cell phone. Can't imagine how much this all would slow down the (already too slow) security lines. Tell me it ain't so!