[SarahW]

What did the secret service mean "it's so raw" ?

BANKERS hours??? Is this what homeland security is reduced to?

I want my nailclippers back!!!!

[El Gato]

BANKERS hours??? Is this what homeland security is reduced to?

Looks like it, but this was aparently the state office, not the federal one. Not that that's any particular comfort.

[dljordan]

"Is this what homeland security is reduced to?"

No it's what it was designed to do. It's another huge bureaucracy that's supposed to be the answer for a percieved problem but is really designed to take the heat off the government for previous incompetence. Bureaucracy is inefficient by nature but thats the big secret.

[Darksheare]

Forget nail clippers.
Not really an effective weapon anyway.
For self defence, carry a Zebra M-402 mechanical pencil.
It is mostly metal, and has a stencil barrel on the tip.
Useful for poking eyes and such.
If you ever need to subdue a terror-boy, use the mech pencil and a seat cushion or blanket, even a pillow. If he's got a knife of some sort, use the cushion(or similar object) as a shield, and go for the eyes with the mech pencil, icepick style. Kinda hard to fight when your eye is on a spit.

Then group around and kick the snot out of him.
If the metal mech pencil is too much trouble, Jedo has a nice plastic one that's light (comparatively) and strong.
Though it will shatter easily if you strike bone in the bad guy's face with it.

Trust me, pencils and pens are better hidden weapons than a pair of nail clippers.