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title: "Frankly, I worry when you don't search my luggage"
author: "Christopher S Penn"
date: 2007-09-14
url: https://www.christopherspenn.com/2007/09/frankly-i-worry-when-you-dont-search-my-luggage/
categories:
  - "Blogging"
---

# Frankly, I worry when you don't search my luggage

[Adam Curry](https://curry.podshow.com/?p=795) had an interesting post on his travel experiences recently, especially with his TSA experience. I've had some interesting experiences with the TSA, and I generally assume I'll take half an hour to get through security these days. Frankly, I really worry when the TSA doesn't pull me aside and search all my belongings. If I were a TSA employee and saw the stuff I carry when I travel, I'd probably request a background check and fingerprints. On my most recent trip to PodCamp Philly, my luggage contained: - A 750 GB external hard drive plus firewire cables and AC adapter

- A Logitech MM50 media player plus cabling, case, and remote

- Two sets of headphones, one noise cancelling, plus battery chargers for them

- A Nikon D40 plus USB cables and battery charger

- A Sanyo VPC CG65 plus cables and battery charger

- A MacBook Pro plus cabling

- A 5 GB iPod plus dock cable, AC adapter, and USB

- An M-Audio Microtrack plus adapter and charger

- An Audio Technica PRO/24 condenser mic plus cabling and batteries

- A Samson C01U large diaphragm condenser mic plus cabling

- An Airport Express wireless access point plus Ethernet cable

- Several Ethernet cables

- Lots of USB to mini-USB cables

- A Nokia N91 phone plus data cable, car charger, and desktop charger

- Two USB card readers plus cabling

- A Plantronic bluetooth headset plus charger

I worry when security looks at all of that in the X-Ray (because I don't check the luggage - it's all a carry-on) machine and doesn't wonder what the heck I'm doing. And all of that, by the way, weighs only 38 pounds.