Tiffany & Co: Terrorism?

As a small, albeit rather innocent looking Asian girl, I never thought I would be the target of a thorough search traveling through Europe. After paying a rather hefty sum for my checked baggage, I was left with my messenger bag and my rolling carry-on. Going through security at the Pittsburgh airport wasn't too bad. No one stopped me and no one seemed to care as I stopped to try and shove all my stuff back into my bags. No one even noticed I had two bags for liquids rather than the allowed one...

Then came CDG, otherwise known as Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris. I took out the usual laptop and liquids and put my stuff through the X-ray scanner. They didn't even want me to take my shoes off! Then came the craziness...

I had about three French TSA agents come and tell me to open my bag and take out "that electronic thing that the machine is picking up." After a rather confusing conversation in French and me removing all wires, cords, and anything else electronic in my bag, I put my bag back through. As I stooped to again put all my things away, another TSA agent came over and told me she needed to search my bag. After searching through all of my things, she finally came to this small light blue felt Tiffany bag. "Qu'est-ce que c'est?" she asked, as she opened it. Well, she opened it to find my gift from the Advising Programs Office. A round solid pewter Tiffany box engraved on top with the Harvard crest. As she opened it, she showed it to her TSA compatriots saying "C'est ca. Il n'y a rien." She then smiled a rather apologetic smile and put my things back, calling for another person to help out.

So, for all the things that they could have thought was a bomb in my bag...Tiffany? Really? Seriously, the French need to read up on their high-end pewter boxes...