Wanted: “Shoe Weapon Inspection System”

Few post-9/11, post-moron-shoe-bomber-guy airport requirements are more dispiriting than the one to remove your shoes before walking through the x-ray machine. It’s a relatively minor inconvenience, but it’s a sorry reminder of how much air travel has changed. Fortunately, there may be good news on the naked foot front. Ben Mutzabaugh writes in USA Today about a Transportation Security Administration effort to find companies to develop a “Shoe Weapon Inspection System” to screen shoes for bombs without passengers having to de-shoe. The administration has even placed an ad for it. If you happen to be in the Shoe Weapon Inspection System business, I beg you, on behalf of all travelers, to deliver us from this indignity.

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