Dunno which is more annoying: that LAX security found the wine opener (complete with corkscrew and tiny foil knife) that was lurking in my briefcase unbeknownst to me — or that DEN security didn’t find it.<\/p>\n
Of course, spotting anything through the mare’s next of cables in my briefcase is a huge trick, which is usually why they run it back and forth a few times under the screen. <\/p>\n
But it does indicate a security weakness. And it does indicate that … well, I’m out a rather nice wine opener (and I’m trying to remember when the heck that got into my briefcase). <\/p>\n
And so wine bottles on my flight home can rest easily knowing this particular Shifty Character won’t be terrorizing them any time soon …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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