US travelers face NEW security check

The media notified the world that U.S. travelers will have their hand AND baggage swabbed to detect for explosives. Why tell the world about a NEW security measure?

The problem is those foreging airports that don't have any high tech security

Because if people know they're doing it it will stop more people trying from fear of being caught. It's the same as the police advertising that they breathalize more drivers at Christmas.

They're going to swab my hand for explosives?

Ah presumptive testing. Good luck with that guys. They give out lots of false positives as well as false negatives. As was pointed out to us in a crime scene exercise they're not exactly specific and "you're going to want to test it at the lab anyway. Just because it tested negative for cocaine at the scene doesn't mean it's not cocaine." Last time I did a presumptive test it gave 1 false positive and tested negative for the one thing we knew we had in our unknown sample

Well, they aren't going to tell the world about an OLD one

Has this been confirmed by anyone, or is it just the media going LOOK! SHINEY NEW RUMOURS! Security has been a BIG thing since 9/11 and again after the recent Christmas attempt, so any proposed changes will make the news. A few weeks back all the papers and news channels over here were full of the new x-ray machines going into airports...

Dopey mug.

If you tell terroists this is what you are doing they worry and most are cowards so the ones that are standing at the airport on your plane with the intention of causing destruction then may not do it as the bottle will go before boarding.
Retired scientist??

What hope do we have? , i'm only a grunt.

I remember flying in from Baltimore a month ago and the line snaked way passed security and seemed practically to the other side of the airport. No kidding here. Thankfully it only took us half an hour to get through. But you should have seen the look on everyone's face (as I did when I saw the line) when they were told where the end was. I even learned a few curse words in different languages.

Just line up anyone with a comedy beard and shoot them on arrival.