TSA Issues Tips For Checked Bags

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"Perhaps the most surprising recommendation for a federal security agency: Luggage should not be locked. Otherwise, security officials who need to check inside the bag may have to break the locks, the TSA said."

"Slepian said some machines falsely identify up to 35 percent of bags as having explosives and therefore may need to be opened and searched by hand. "Certain food products -- certainly peanut butters and jellies and chocolate bars -- have the same density as plastic explosives," he said."

"Slepian had this advice: "You're going to need an engineer to pack your luggage."