For what it's worth, stupider things have happened. Here's a story (also 2002) of an octogenarian war-hero ex-governor detained because he was carrying a nail

For what it's worth, stupider things have happened. Here's a story (also 2002) of an octogenarian war-hero ex-governor detained because he was carrying a nail file, a dummy bullet, and -- the most suspicious item -- a Congressional Medal of Honor: http://www.snopes.com/military/medal.asp http://www.snopes.com/military/medal.asp