They're not worried about the information in the book. They are just trying
to get rid of Almanac Salesmen. Or else they fit the profile for
terrorists. After all, no normal American would ever carry an almanac!

"Roger Long" om wrote
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If it were April first, it wouldn't have taken me a millisecond to
start smiling at this but, no, it's for real (or whatever passes for
real in TSA land).

This from CNN:

"The FBI is warning police nationwide to be alert for people carrying
almanacs, cautioning that the popular reference books covering
everything from abbreviations to weather trends could be used for
terrorist planning."

This from me:

All Americans are advised to wrap their heads in duct tape over a
several layers of plastic sheeting in case terrorists jump out from
behind lamp posts and hit them over the head with large reference
books.

Yeah, I know. The FBI is worried about the information in the books.
Do you think they ever heard of the Internet?

--
Roger Long