Longtime readers of this blog know that I have a special interest in body piercings, especially as it relates to travel. One of the first Travel Troubleshooter columns took on the issue of security screening and various kinds of rings. So when airline passenger Mandi Hamlin held a news conference yesterday about her TSA nipple ring trouble, I had a few questions that the otherwise competent reporters in attendance seem to have overlooked.

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