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"(BTW, there have been 6,000+ complaints about missing items in checked baggage that has been searched. And several TSA inspectors have already been arrested. The lack of locked baggage now gives the ramp baggage handlers another chance to pilfer items from your bag if your transfer to another flight involves a lengthy wait."

And before that, airline baggage handlers stole stuff...they may still be doing it. You know what the solution is? Don't pack valuable stuff in your checked luggage. If you must carry it, carry it on.

Ship your valuables to your destination via FedEx, insured. Ship em to your hotel or wherever you're staying. Sheesh! Why tempt fate.

I would never check anything I wasn't prepared to lose. I've had too many bags go missing for a couple of days to do that.

So far your advice is don't pack anyting of value, keep your mouth shut, change your style of dress, accept having yourself and your family being pawed at airports by low level goverment workers, your belongings being rifled through etc. etc.

Screw that. I won't set foot near an airport or an airplane until this madness stops. Americans have never hijacked a plane, this is as stupid and illogical as the people who defend it.