TSA Dumps Breastmilk Ban

The Transportation Security Administration has released new policies for lighters and breastmilk, allowing that “Mothers flying with, and now without, their child will be permitted to bring breast milk in quantities greater than three ounces as long as it is declared for inspection at the security checkpoint.”

The TSA’s FAQ section on the change makes me wonder what geniuses they think are asking these questions:
1) Why is breast milk not a threat?
2) How do you ensure liquid explosives disguised as breast milk or medications are not brought through the checkpoint?
3) Do passengers carrying breast milk need to taste it to prove it is not a liquid explosive?

Your answers:
1) Because it’s breast milk, you idiot.
2) Liquid medications have been allowed for almost a year. I repeat – some liquids have been allowed for nearly a year. Did it really take that long to deal similarly with breast milk?
3) Not unless you really want to, sweetheart.

They also call lifting the ban on lighters “a common sense, risk-based security decision.” Nice. Tell that to the people who surrendered 11,616,217 of them in 2006 for no particular reason.