No Books Or Magazines On U.S. Bound Flights From Canada

A U.S. Transportation Security Administraion (TSA) employee (L) watches on as airline passengers empty the contents of their pockets and bags onto trays at a security chekckpoint at Washington Reagan National Airport January 4, 2010. REUTERS

Publishers Dumbfounded By Airplane Book Ban -- Globe And Mail

Magazines, Books, Among Banned Carry-On Items For U.S.-Bound Flights -- Globe And Mail

Canadian publishers are dumbfounded by new airport security measures that seem to forbid passengers from bringing books and magazines purchased pre-flight onto airplanes bound for the U.S.

The measures, announced Dec. 28 by Transport Canada, permit Canadian passengers en route to the U.S. to carry on board “one or more” of 13 specified items. They include canes, cameras, laptop computers, musical instruments and “medical devices.”

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Update: Books permitted on U.S.-bound planes

My Comment: This is silly .... but everyone is now adopting the CYA routine.