Originally Posted by
gj83
Maybe they meant you couldn't send it with your laptop, but not that it all had to be separate.
This is the actual rule, regardless of what the TSA actually said to you. I often will send by BB through with my laptop in a single bin, and as long as they aren't stacked it it fine. If the BB is on top of the laptop they'll send it back/scan it again.
But small things can just stay in your bag or be in a bin together.
Oh, and this is all TSA stuff, not CO.