The Council on American-Dentistry Relations has issued an outraged press release calling for an investigation of toothbrushophobia at high levels of the TSA.
More TSA follies here and here and here. Close down the TSA!
“Battery-powered toothbrush prompts airport scare: A bomb squad responded,” from the Associated Press, January 4 (thanks to Maxwell):
ATLANTA (AP) “” The tick-tick-ticking sound of a bag alarmed employees at the world’s busiest airport, but it has turned out to be nothing more than a passenger’s toothbrush.
The battery-powered toothbrush was responsible for the sound that gave rise to fears of a bomb at Atlanta’s airport Friday morning. It led police to cordon off a section of the north terminal while a bomb squad responded….