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Travellers in Canada and the United States may purchase liquids and gels at airports and carry cosmetics and toiletries under revised security rules effective tomorrow, officials said Monday.

Passengers may bring aboard limited quantities of liquids, gels and aerosols purchased in designated areas. Cosmetics and toiletries also may be carried in hand luggage if they are packaged in a clear, sealed plastic bag. One plastic bag per passenger will be permitted.

"We are confident that the following measures will maintain security while facilitating safe, efficient, convenient travel," said Jean Barrette, Transport Canada's director of security operations, at a news conference in Ottawa.

"The announcement we've made today does, in fact, enhance security measures and allow the screening authority to focus on high-risk areas for liquids and gels being brought onboard the airplane," Barrette said.

"We now know enough to say that a total ban is no longer needed from a security point of view," Kip Hawley, head of the Transportation Security Administration, told a Washington news conference earlier in the day at Reagan National Airport.

Hawley called the new procedures a "common sense" approach that would maintain a high level of airport security.
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Airports around the globe tightened security restrictions in August after investigators suspected an alleged plot to blow up 10 commercial airliners with liquid explosives smuggled aboard in hand luggage.

Passengers in Canada may continue to bring aboard baby formula, baby food or milk for children aged two or younger. Prescription medicine with supporting documentation, such as a doctor's note, may be allowed in carry-on luggage. Travellers must declare these items to screening officials but the products do not have to be sealed in the plastic bag.

The federal agency noted that flights connecting through or departing from the United Kingdom continue to prohibit liquids, gels and aerosols.

Last week, retailers in designated areas of Canadian airports were permitted to sell liquids, gels and aerosols to travellers under new rules. Barrette noted that airports have ramped up security requirements to allow for this change.

I understand the ban on liquids and gels but prescription meds? Can't you just open the goddamn bottle and check if it's real? Don't you think it would be too much trouble to conceal explosives as hundreds of tiny pills? Can't you swab them like you do laptops at the security gates? Or are the rent-a-cops you employ simply to stupid to do such a simple task?

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What can you expect. Often times the airports hire these guys right out of High School.

I'm reminded of an instance when a retired Air Force General who won the Medal of Honor was detain and his medal taken. The Airport security didn't know what it was and thought it was a shuriken. 2 hours later the FBI came and told the security guys it was the Medal of Honor and thney had done an unnecessary strip search of a highly decorated officer.



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