Originally Posted by Boraxo
I can understand why jackets must now be removed as osama is no doubt plotting new ways of sealing plastic explosives into coats (not that this would be detected by x-rays).
Actually the X-Ray can assist with detection of an explosive, not by chemical analysis but by specific image charactistics.
No doubt the new policy is the result of the recent GAO or Inspector General reports on the TSA's incompetence. But it makes little sense to have a policy that is at best inconsistently enforced. Apparently they also need to provide TSA with a crash course on what constitutes a jacket.
No, it is as result of the incident in Russia.