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upi.com<\/a><\/strong> Transportation Security Administration chief John Pistole said Wednesday he is abandoning a plan to allow small knives in carry-on luggage on U.S. flights.<\/p>\n The TSA said in March it would focus more on \u201chigher threat items\u201d and allow passengers, beginning April 25, to carry \u201cknives that do not lock, and have blades that are 2.36 inches or 6 centimeters or less in length and are less than 1\/2 inch in width\u201d \u2013 as well as \u201cnovelty-sized and toy bats, billiard cues, ski poles, hockey sticks, lacrosse sticks and two golf clubs\u201d as part of their carry-on baggage.<\/p>\n The announcement said the change was intended to align U.S. rules \u201cmore closely with International Civil Aviation Organization standards\u201d and reduce the amount of time required for passengers to go through screening.<\/p>\n Read more<\/a><\/p>\n <!– <\/p>\n –><\/p>\n This article was posted: Friday, June 7, 2013 at 4:16 pm<\/p>\n Tags: domestic news<\/a>, police state<\/a>, tsa<\/a><\/p>\n
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