Hi Abby, A propos your comments on TSA screenings, I wonder if you're familiar with the story about the screener who has been suspended and will likely be fired (pending appeal) for leaving an inappropriate message in a woman's luggage, referring to a sex toy found inside. TSA did this after the traveler in question, a lawyer named Jill Filipovic, blogged about it and it wound up getting a lot of hits, generating publicity to the point where TSA had to respond. You might be interested to see what Filipovic has to say in a blog entry, where she indicates that she doesn't think firing this employee is the right response:

http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2011/10/26/note-leaving-tsa-agent-suspended/

'...the problem with the note is that it’s representative of the bigger privacy intrusions that the U.S. government, through the TSA and other sources, levels every day. The invasion is inherent to the TSA’s mission, regardless of whether a funny note is left behind — the note only serves to highlight the absurdity of all this security theater....I get no satisfaction in hearing that someone may be in danger of losing their job over this. I would much prefer a look at why ‘security’ has been used to justify so many intrusions on our civil liberties, rather than fire a person who made a mistake.'