From: "Phil Payne" 

> We shouldn't fault airport security officers for not recognizing a Medal
of
> Honor on sight; not many people get to see one in their lives. But a
closer
> examination by security personnel would have shown them what it was, and
at
> that point in the proceedings they fell down on the job. Rather than
> treating an obviously cooperative passenger courteously and allowing him
to
> explain what the suspect item was, they shuffled the general back and
forth
> and required him to remove his boots, belt, hat, and tie - several times
> each. The delay they subjected him to almost caused him to miss his
flight.
> That is no way to treat any 86-year-old man, let alone a war hero and
former
> governor.

I habitually wear sandals when travelling - "Jesus boots" or
"latten" as the Germans refer to them.

Just a sheet of leather and two straps.  They weigh about twenty grammes each.

They were X-rayed TWICE on my last visit to New York.  Then I was taken out
of the line for half an hour's questioning-

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