I know it's probably a waste of time, but I really hope you plan on reporting this idiocy to someone.
Once in a while I hear about TSA looking at El Al as a sort of model. I wonder if El Al does things that are this stupid.
So does this mean that from now on I should label bottles of liquids with something like "Dear TSA: If you want to check out the liquid in this container please remove the lid instead of drilling a friggin' hole in it. Thanks very much."?
I think it's time for some sort of hidden-camera expose on what happens in TSA's "search room".