How are they checking for liquids? Are they still searching every bag by hand? Or is it more luck of the draw as to who gets searched?[/QUOTE]

Oh look, at http://www.tsa.gov/travelers/airtrav...d-items.shtm#0 it says you CAN wear gel filled undergarments and "personal lubricant"... isn't that special!

AND it provides both a clue as to both how they are screening ("patting down" undergarments might possibly be considered a wee bit intrusive...), a hot tip on how to carry your essential liquid, say for example pure or gelled water as ice (in an undergarment) and provokes a question:

Mighten't water be considered a "personal lubricant"?