My issue with it is this: What if you are a video blogger or new-media journalist who uses high-end equipment that takes professional-grade batteries? How will you get there with adequate batteries to get the job done? Will you have to buy or rent expensive rechargeable batteries when you get to your destination – assuming that exactly the right type is available at that time? Or will you have to buy extra batteries in advance and find a way to ship them ahead by some other carrier?

I can see that the mainstream media won’t be affected too much. They have people and facilities and trucks stationed wherever they need them, and they charter planes if they need to.

But this will inconvenience the little guys and gals – citizen journalists, activist bloggers, and so forth. It might not be an intentional infringement on freedom of speech and the press, but it certainly could cause some extra cost and inconvenience. It’s certainly something that we will all have to think about.

And, it wouldn’t be that hard to make a bomb that fits inside a battery casing.

It’s a nuisance, but we’re living in interesting times, and I’d rather have security attended to, than not.