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We heard a very interesting interview with a TSA (Transportation Security Administration) official recently. He said that the TSA is instructing screeners to spend less time looking for "things that are sharp" and more time looking for "things that explode". Really, that's what he said.

I'm glad to know they have changed emphasis, and that their new guidelines are written with the average 1st-grader in mind. Honestly, the interview seemed like something out of Saturday Night Live...

• NPR story on this change in policy
• Yahoo! News report on this story

  "Officials want screeners to focus more on finding things that can explode rather than things that are sharp."

• Washington Post report on this story.

  "TSA officials now want airport screeners to spend more of their time looking for improvised explosive devices rather than sharp objects."