Airport security

Here’s a genuine conversation from the days of 128bit SSL being US only, at Philadelphia airport:

"Did you pack your own bags today, Sir?"
"No, my work packed it for me."
"Have you been with your bags at all times, since they were packed?"
"No, they were sitting around an office building all day."
"And what's in the bags, Sir?"
"This laptop. It has 128 bit encryption on it. It's currently regarded as
  a US military secret and can't be exported to anywhere else in the world."
"Well I don't know anything about that."
"It means it's illegal to take it out of the U.S."
"Sir, you're causing a scene. Please move along."
"But it's illega-"
"Please move along."

Granted, that was in the days before nail clippers and breast milk became terrorist weapons.