> Meetings & Conventions: Short Cuts May 2003 February 2002 Short Cuts:Numbers Game ITEMS CONFISCATED AT AIRPORT SECURITY CHECKPOINTS FROM FEB. 17, 2002, TO FEB. 17, 2003 4.8 million total prohibited items were confiscated. 2.4 million of those were sharp objects, including scissors. 1.4 million were knives. 125,273 were incendiary or flammable objects. 39,842 were box cutters. 1,101 were firearms. Source: Transportation Security Administration (www.tsa.gov) Back to Current Issue index | Back to Short Cuts indexM&C Home PageCurrent Issue | Events Calendar | Newsline | Incentive News | Meetings Market ReportEditorial Libraries | CVB Links | Reader Survey | Hot Dates | Contact M&C