Originally Posted by
RadioGirl
The layout's okay but you switching sides is really messing with my head (at the end of a very long day!).
Okay, I'll play anyway. TSA screeners, although Federal employees, are not detectives or general purpose crime-stoppers. They have no basis to decide when a sum of money becomes "suspicious." They are charged only with keeping dangerous things off aircraft, and only because aircraft are considered vulnerable in ways that other infrastructure isn't.
The TSA begs to differ,
Assisting Law Enforcement. When you read the stories they show that the TSA is making an effort to raise awareness by their employee about suspicious non safety behaviors or items.
The TSOs DO have a basis to decide when a sum of money becomes suspicious, the amount was in that directive that Blogger Bob was kind enough to grace us with. According to it any monies totaling $10k or above is to be referred to a LEO as contraband.
You need to prove to me that keeping dangerous items off the plane and out of the sterile area is the TSOs ONLY charge.
Originally Posted by
RadioGirl
(TK - I'm sticking to your ground rules. Fred has only observed someone coming and going; the "obviously illegal" part is only in Fred's mind.)
The ground rules are there mainly to keep other TSA issues out of the thread. Giving analogies is within the rules and welcomed.
Originally Posted by
RadioGirl
With a fertile imagination (read, paranoia), almost anything can be suspicious. It's natural to think "I wonder what that's all about?" But TSA screeners using their position to satisfy their curiosity, in the guise of "helping out law enforcement," leads to some very ugly intrusions into people's lives and privacy.
Shouldn't we use a ready work force to help with the safety and security of not just the aircraft but also the general population?