Originally Posted by PatrickHenry1775
Or a hoax.
I have to agree that it sounds fishy. Parts of the proposal are in the "too good to be true" category, like scissors, short bladed knives, ice picks, throwing stars, bows and arrows, etc.
The staff's first set of recommendations, detailed in an Aug. 5 document, includes proposals to lift the ban on various carry-on items such as scissors, razor blades and knives less than five inches long. It also proposes that passengers no longer routinely be required to remove their shoes at security checkpoints.
The TSA memo proposes to minimize the number of passengers who must be patted down at checkpoints. It also recommends that certain categories of passengers be exempt from airport security screening, such as members of Congress, airline pilots, Cabinet members, state governors, federal judges, high-ranking military officers and people with top-secret security clearances.
The proposal also would allow ice picks, throwing stars and bows and arrows on flights. Allowing those items was suggested after a risk evaluation was conducted about which items posed the most danger.
If true, this represents the first intelligent thought from this agency in its 3.5 years of existence. But it sounds a little unbelievable.