No kidding. I travel a lot, and have yet to actually put all my "liquids, gels, and aerosols" into a ziploc bag, much less take it out of my carry-on for screening. Even in PHX where there is this one TSA guy who is constantly yelling out that you "must" remove said items from your bag or you will get the extra screening.

That surprises me about the pocket knife though, my guess is the western TSA official just missed it.