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  • Should the TSA end the 3-ounce liquid restriction?

    Jul 11, 2023 10:30 am by Chicago TribuneIllinois in the News
    Transportation Security Administration employee Frederick Anderson trashes products collected from passengers at a security checkpoint at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport in 2006. A terrorist plot uncovered in London to destroy planes bound for the United States led to a ban on liquids and gels in carry-on luggage. (David Klobucar/Chicago Tribune)

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    The Chicago Tribune (July 5) Sheldon Jacobson, a U. of I. professor of computer science, writes that the 3 ounce rule has endured for 17 years. Since that time, airport security has moved forward strategically and technologically.  

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