Originally Posted by
Ysitincoach
So by this very definition, "artfully concealed," has to be a prohibited item, yes?
I ask because at CLE I had a screener try and convince his STSO and police that my permitted tool (under 7") was "artfully concealed," when it fell into the zipper lining of my bag.
The entire time I kept telling them, it's a permitted item. It doesn't matter where in the bag it is if it's permitted.
This made me laugh. I was thrown for a loop once when a TSO challenged my Kippie bag contents. I consolidated all my toiletries in the baggie, including a solid deodorant that was over 3.4 ounces. He pulled the deodorant. I pointed out that it was a solid, so it was allowed. He said I wasn't allowed to put non-LGAs in the baggie, so I was going to have to surrender it, not because it was a prohibited item, but because it wasn't supposed to be in the baggie.
Perhaps I, too, was guilty of 'artfully concealing' my solid deodorant in my clear, re-sealable, removed from luggage and in bowl clear one quart baggie. Guess I was lucky he didn't summon LEOs.
