The range of devices lumped into this policy, coupled with the continued practice of searches "absent probable cause," makes me very uncomfortable (I wonder how the prospect of large numbers of iPods confiscated at the border will affect Apple's sales and stock prices).
For starters, leave your cell phones at home; they're not allowed in Iraq, and will be confiscated at Saddam International (and returned on departure).
But if you're currently planning to get some iPads from the US for your friends in Israel, forget it: it looks like all devices will be confiscated at the air port.
Additionally, it is quite expensive to buy alcohol on site, and you will not usually be allowed to bring alcohol onto the site with you (glass bottles of any kind will be confiscated at security).
Thanks to twenty-three year old Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, not only will your water bottle be confiscated at all airports around the world, but, as the Brits would say, your knickers will be nicked as well.
Also, cameras and cellphones are confiscated at the entrance — though if you go on the $111.75 tour, a picture will be allowed in a designated area, provided you agree to buy a $10 thumb drive (for the picture).
Miranda's electronic equipment was confiscated at Heathrow.
Three guns were confiscated at La Guardia Airport, two at Newark Liberty International, and none at Kennedy International.
At present, any duty free is confiscated at the security check for the connecting flight.
It was confiscated at Norfolk, Va., upon arrival, but was sent back to him shortly thereafter.
