Perhaps there is a lighter side to all of this...
This person has decided to try to make light of the whole idea of the airport security theatre and turn it into perfomance art:
Airport 'X-ray art' courts TSA trouble | NetworkWorld.com Community
Taking this one stage further, an idea for a christmas present
for the frequent fliers would be a light steel sheet with letters made from fridge magnet material (lead foil covered perhaps) so that you could compose your "message of the day" to the baggage screeners...