> I was thinking something along those lines while passing > through security at LAX a couple weeks ago. They were > searching everything, including a pat down of the passengers, > a bit after the anthrax scare started. I had a small plastic > bottle of hab powder in my pocket. Unlabeled. A few years back I was on a business trip and airport security chose my briefcase to wipe with a cloth swatch which they then placed in a machine, I guess to check for explosives or drugs. I got to thinking "What would the machine do if it sensed cap- saicin (hab powder)?". After that I always seemed to "accidently" spill some of the hab powder on the latches. Never got checked after the one time, though. Doesn't seem like such a bright idea anymore. Scott... in the interest of science, of course... KCK