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Duct tape, modeling clay and a handgun are not standard computer parts

We’ll get to the unusual computer configuration in a moment.

The Transportation Safety Administration may not be the most popular federal agency, but it does put out a blog post every week that is highly entertaining for the look it offers into the scary and sometimes mystifying panoply of weaponry that passengers believe they can either carry onboard or surreptitiously stow in their luggage.

Just this week for instance we have his example of fine cutlery:

100316blog blades in checked bags TSA

The TSA notes: “These 5-bladed floggers were discovered in a carry-on bag at Houston (IAH). All bladed items should be packed in checked baggage.”

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After federal data breach, red tape snarls victim’s search for answers – Minneapolis Star Tribune


Minneapolis Star Tribune

After federal data breach, red tape snarls victim's search for answers
Minneapolis Star Tribune
As many as 21.5 million victims of the massive Office of Personnel Management data breach have received letters alerting them that hackers may have filched their Social Security numbers, fingerprints and other sensitive data. Stoebner's wife got one of

“data breach” – Google News