Subject: Re: US Bans Spare Lithium Batteries from Checked Bags

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Subject: Re: US Bans Spare Lithium Batteries from Checked Bags

Posted on: Thu, 03 Jan 2008 17:19:00 -0700

In message Mxsmanic
wrote:

>DevilsPGD writes:
>
>> X-Rays to evaluate luggage to find illicit cargo, and interpreting a
>> violation of this law as an application to the no-fly list should do the
>> trick.
>
>Rechargeable batteries aren't necessarily very distinctive in appearance on
>x-ray images. That rectangle could be all sorts of things.

Sure, but with a density of a known explosive, I'd guess that they can
find 'em, if so desired.

Like with most things implemented by the TSA, this will probably be
theatre, not actual security, so who knows how effective it will be.

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