Based on TSORon's original question on the "TSA and the law" thread I have decided to play Devil's Advocate in hopes of getting his questions answered.

Ground Rules:

• I am playing Devil's Advocate, I may or may not believe in the righteousness of the arguments I put forth.
• Stick to the topic, if this goes well I will create other threads for other topics. Example this first thread is about the legality and constitutionality of referring someone to a local LEO for having a "large" amount of cash or other legal "contraband", do not bring up obviously illegal items like dope, or kiddie porn.

Game on.


Large amounts of cash.

It is common knowledge that nefarious individuals tend to keep large amounts of cash on hand to prevent the tracking of income by law enforcement. When a TSO discovers a “large” amount of cash while performing a search the TSO has every right to question the PAX to the nature of the cash to determine if the PAX needs to be referred to a LEO. The TSO is acting in his capacity as a Federal Officer.

Your turn.