In a move that's sure to pique the interest of business travelers, the TSA announced a new screening policy for laptop bags in mid-August. On its face, it certainly seems like an improvement: rather than making you remove your laptop from the bag before sending it down the X-ray conveyor belt, TSA employees just X-ray the bag directly. Sounds like a win-win for everyone, right? Well, the drawback is that the TSA requires your laptop bag to lie flat against the X-ray belt and to "present a clear and distinct image of the laptop separate from the rest of the bag." And it turns out this "clear and distinct image" can be obscured by internal pockets, snaps, zippers, cables, chargers, and just about everything else. Simply put, most laptop bags won't work with the new system.

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