RE: [CH] TRAVEL CONTAINERS

Parkhurst, Scott Contractor (PARKHURS@LEAVENWORTH.ARMY.MIL)
Wed, 7 Nov 2001 17:21:16 -0000

> 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