Thanks for the story link and update. I had to include it on my site as well. Couldn't let it go.

Wow. While utterly boggled at the idea that a fish might be a threat to national security, I can't say I'm really surprised.

Back in September, Scott and I were given a choice by the TSA power trippers: either we take off our shoes to go through the checkpoint, or we don't get on the plane. Sounds at least semi-reasonable until you know that we were wearing *sandals*. There's no way anything could have been hidden in these shoes, because they were wide open with feet obviously filling all the spaces. But they had metal buckles, which apparently is enough to warrant being made to walk barefoot through the nasty checkpoint area floor, without even a roll of that doctor's office paper to keep you from picking up a fungus from every other person they do this to. Oh, and then they mocked us for being disgusted by the idea.

Those TSA people are on some serious power trips.