TSA Play-Doh Crackdown! (VIDEO)

As airport security continues to tighten up after the failed terrorist attack over the holidays, one unwitting victim off the new measures was a young boy who had his Play-Doh confiscated!

Apparently airport staff were concerned the Play Doh could be some other hazardous substance. Officials clarified that the toy is not specifically forbidden from airplanes, but screeners can stop it attheir discretion, since it could be used to disguise more dangerous substances at times. The family seemed to be taking it in stride, lamenting the bad day for their kid and wishing the rules were clearer, but not making too much of an uproar about it.

TSA Play-Doh Crackdown! (VIDEO)
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Airport screeners seized a boy's Christmas present -- some Play-Doh -- before his flight home after the holidays, St. Louis TV station KTVI reported. Christy Pitman said the gooey toy would have entertained her sons, Josh and Nathan, on the flight home, too. "Nathan has the empty Play-Doh packaging from the Play-Doh that was confiscated in New Orleans by the TSA last week," she said as the boy played...

TSA Play-Doh Crackdown! (VIDEO)