US: TSA considers forcing airline passengers to remove books from carry-ons

The TSA is reportedly testing new safety procedures that require airline passengers to remove books from their carry-on bags when going through security lines, raising privacy concerns. The TSA began testing the new security requirement for books and other paper products at airports in Missouri and California earlier this month. The new screening process requires passengers to remove all reading material and food from their carry-ons and place them in a bin. Travellers already have to remove laptops from carry-on bags and place them in a separate bin. The new policy would let TSA employees flip through books to see if anything is hidden in their pages. Department of Homeland Security secretary John Kelly said that the department would “likely” expand the new carry-on policy nationwide. <br/>