Incidentally, I took an early morning flight on Delta today from Latin America to the US, among the first international flights subject to a TSA security directive issued this morning. The pre-boarding procedues included the most invasive hand pat-down I've ever had, and a long line of guys with gloves at the gate, going through everyone's hand luggage in more detail than I've ever experienced.

It would make more sense to have a new rule that every passenger can just reach out and slap the nearest screener to make sure he/she is awake ... that might have resulted in this guy not getting on the plane in the first place ...