<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by UAL Traveler:
The TSA now permits nail clippers. I don't think that they are now in the habit of checking to see if there is a small file attached.</font>
Actually, the TSA Brain Trust now expressly permits nail clippers with files attached.
www.tsa.gov/trav_consumers/permitted_items.shtm
Of course, this doesn't guarantee that the high school dropout screener will abide by the TSA's own published guidance.