Transportation Security Administration May Loosen Airport Ban on Razorblades, Knives


By HOPE YEN Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON Aug 14, 2005

The federal agency in charge of aviation security is considering major changes in how it screens airline passengers, including proposals that an official said would lift the ban on carrying razorblades and small knives as well as limit patdown searches.

The Transportation Security Administration will meet later this month to discuss the plan, which is designed to reduce checkpoint hassles for the nation's 2 million passengers. It comes after TSA's new head, Edmund S. "Kip" Hawley, called for a broad review in hopes of making airline screening more passenger-friendly.

An initial set of staff recommendations drafted Aug. 5 also proposes that passengers no longer have to routinely remove their shoes during security checks. Instead, only passengers who set off metal detectors, are flagged by a computer screening system or look "reasonably suspicious" would be asked to do so, a TSA official said Saturday.

Any of the changes proposed by the staff, which also would allow scissors, ice picks and bows and arrows on flights, would require Hawley's approval, this official said, requesting anonymity because there has been no final decision.

"The process is designed to stimulate creative thinking and challenge conventional beliefs," said Mark Hatfield, TSA's spokesman. "In the end, it will allow us to work smarter and better as we secure America's transportation system."

The Aug. 5 memo recommends reducing patdowns by giving screeners the discretion not to search those wearing tight-fitting clothes. It also suggests exempting several categories of passengers from screening, including federal judges, members of Congress, Cabinet members, state governors, high-ranking military officers and those with high-level security clearances.

The proposed changes were first reported by The Washington Post on Saturday.


昨日空港セキュリティーの矛盾について日記を書いたばかりなのに、今日こんな↑記事を発見。

今月５日、TSA（アメリカ運輸保安局）によりカミソリの刀、小型ナイフ、ハサミ、アイスピック、弓と矢を機内持ち込み許可品目にしようという提案が出された。
また、一部裁判官、国会議員、閣僚、州知事など（他の記事によると航空会社のパイロットも）はセキュリティーチェック免除という提案も。

いったい何を考えているのだろう。
不思議でしょうがない。

まだ検討中で決定した訳ではないが、提案が出されただけでもおかしい。

機内にアイスピックや弓と矢を持ち込む必要はないし、明らかに立派な凶器になる。
どんな小さなナイフでも使い方によれば人の命を奪うことができる。

昨日に引き続き：*犯罪のブループリントとならないよう、ここにはどこの空港で矛盾が見られたかはお書きにならないよう、お願いいたします。*


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