U.S. Eases Rules for Medicine on Planes

[Omaha Steve]

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U.S. Eases Rules for Medicine on Planes
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Aug 13, 8:14 PM (ET)

By JOHN HEILPRIN

WASHINGTON (AP) - Air travelers were handed new rules Sunday, given permission to carry small amounts of liquid nonprescription medicine onto a plane and instructed to remove their shoes during security checks.

The shoes have to be placed on an X-ray belt for screening before passengers can put them back on.

The eased restrictions on medicine and the mandatory shoe removal were among several measures the Transportation Security Administration ordered Sunday in response to the thwarted terror plot in Britain involving U.S.-bound airplanes.


Airline passengers wait in line for security screening at Denver International Airport, Sunday, Aug. 13, 2006, in Denver. The United States is remaining vigilant for other attacks after last week's foiled plot to blow up airliners, Michael Chertoff, the nation's chief of homeland security said Sunday, citing concerns that terror groups may "think we are distracted." (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey)


TSA had previously banned all liquid medications; now it will allow up to 4 ounces of liquid nonprescription medicine.

[The_Casual_Observer]

1. As if any threat ever existed in the first place, particularly in Denver.

Has Denver ever figured in any plot ever?

[madame defarge]

2. Wow. How bloody generous of them...

Well, that seals the deal. I've now cancelled my trip to China in September. It's not that I'm afraid to fly. It's that I refuse to fly 18 hours on a plane without the benefit of items I deem necessary in my carry-on. Call me shallow. Call me an idiot. But there's a point where it's just not worth all the hassle that this incompetent administration & its agencies are putting us through. Their knee-jerk reactions do nothing to solve the problems of terrorism. :mad:

[Moderator]

3. duplicate

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=2454560