A couple of the above posts are very timely to this:

An acquaintence e-mailed me yesterday to advise that he got through security at two different airports in "violation" of the new security rules.

I'm not going to share the names of the locations as I fear that officials from those locations might read this and then crackdown on their screeners.

Anyway, my friend got through one airport with gel inserts in athletic shoes. He remove the insole and put the gel insert under the insole and nobody noticed.

At the second airport, he absolutely refused to remove his shoes telling the screeners he had diabetes (he is actually borderline so it wasn't too much of a fabrication) and his shoes were special shoes made for his "condition" - he never said they were orthopedic.

Further, he got toothpaste through - he tried to explain but I'm not certain that I understand. Somehow or another I believe he put a travel sized tube in his socks - was it in the socks he was wearing or concealed in his socks in his carryon, I'm not certain. If I find out, I'll advise.