war on terror hits video game consoles......

[disciple]

Console-carrying gamers traveling via air this weekend got a surprise at security checkpoints, with new regulations mandating the removal of full-size video game consoles and DVD players from carry-on luggage for separate X-ray screening.

The previously unannounced rule by the Transportation Security Administration went into effect Saturday and brings game consoles and DVD players under the same regulations as laptop computers, cassette-using video cameras, and certain breathing machines.

"This was actually a policy recommendation that came from one of our security officers," TSA spokesperson Jennifer Peppin told Shacknews. "This change brings just a little more uniformity to our policy and helps our screeners do their job better."

The TSA Web site specifically references the PlayStation, Xbox and Nintendo-made consoles on a Web page detailing the enhanced security measure. Handheld gaming devices like the Nintendo DS or PSP and portable electronics like MP3 players are unaffected by the change and do not need to be removed from carry-on luggage.

The rule alteration does not mean consoles will be subject to further scrutiny, such as swab testing for explosives, other than the separate X-ray screening, Peppin said. Two other policy changes went into effect Saturday actually relaxing current TSA regulations, allowing commmon lighters in carry-on luggage as well as greater-than-three-ounce quantities of breast milk.

Peppin said the TSA did not announce the newly implemented rules regarding full-size consoles and DVD players in advance because of the relative unimportance of these items compared to the other changes. "We don't see a lot of full-size consoles and full-size DVD players coming through," she said.

http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/48313

tell yuh aunty doh panic when she bring down d  "intendo"

[TheApprentice]

I don't blame em for implementing this....

Video Game Consoles are a huge number in the world...and can be used to carry around illegal items....

Just more hassle at airports now

[BloodWar]

if i cant have it on my carry-on luggage i frighten lol. Those airports like to lose luggage i dont trust that at all.

[TrinireturnofGamez]

Still , the security has holes that you can slip into if you lucky .

 My grandfather managed to smuggle some mangos , mauby and pepper through customs when they made a mistake with his luggage and allowed him to carry it on instead..

Now if Trinimc was a terrorist , he coulda put some C4 in that pepper sauce and bring down an airplane.