Last time I checked, this was the 21st Century ...

This is ridiculous. The TSA still doesn't know what they're looking for.

The female head of Australia's major air carrier was suspected of being a terrorist at a U.S. airport because a security guard refused to believe a woman could run an airline. Qantas Airways chairman Margaret Jackson has said she was detained and frisked at Los Angeles airport last year after a search revealed she was carrying aircraft diagrams in her briefcase.

Security Ordeal for Qantas Boss [CNN]