What are 'cat eyes'? TSA issues warning over uptick in passengers carrying prohibited item to checkpoints

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC/NEXSTAR) — An increase in the number of “cat eyes” being carried through airport checkpoints in Upstate New York has prompted a warning from TSA officials.

“The frequency in which we are seeing these items among carry-on items is disappointing,” said Bart R. Johnson, a federal security director for the TSA, said in a statement included with a recent TSA news release.

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