TSA says it doesn't know why United thought comics were banned from checked Comic-Con luggage
by Cory Doctorow from on (#2XA9G)
People flying home from San Diego Comic-Con yesterday got a rude surprise when they spotted signs at the United check-in warning them not to put comics in their checked bags -- and most assumed it was the TSA's doing, a reasonable assumption given that the agency has been repeatedly trialling programs to search passengers' literature for exploding words for some months. (more")