We'll see how much clout the airport shops have (those that market electronics). They're either going to have to start ensuring that anything they sell is fully charged or they're going to have to try to operate like duty free - pax buys the item and picks it up in a sealed bag at the gate.

The most disturbing thing about this is that now that it's started, I don't see anyway TSA will back off to a more 'relaxed' attitude in the future. That can only mean a wider expansion - perhaps they decided to force our overseas friends to implement it first, then they'll expand it to the US in the interests of uniformity and greater security.

Either that or Chertoff is about to roll out a new, $$$ device that coincidentally happens to be a super-duper 'electronics screener'. Think of the $$ potential: foreign airports would be forced to buy these devices, not only for checkpoints but for baggage screening. The alternative would be forced manual inspections or loss of US flyover/landing privileges.