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Old Jan 11, 2010 | 11:36 am
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Originally Posted by TSORon
If you cant figure that out for yourself, then there is nothing I can do to assist you in this forum.



It IS the business of the federal government where ITS currency goes, specially if it is outside of the country. Now, guess who I work for?

I’m not going to go looking for your cash stash. Nope, just not going to do it. I have no interest in that. But if you happen to have a large brick of $100 bills in the carry on that I am searching, I am going to report it to a supervisor. Its just that simple. Like it or not, there are laws about transporting cash outside of the country. The TSA happens to be in a good position to detect large amounts of cash in bags going outside of the country, but it is not our concern if it is declared or not! Nor do we have the ability to determine if it has been declared or not, which is why we refer it to someone who can. If it is, then there is no problem and off you go to wherever you plan. If its not, well then you have a problem, but in either case its not my problem.

It is not TSA's concern or job to control the movement of cash.

The xray operator has no way of knowing if a person with cash is traveling outside of the country or not.

What you are describing is an abuse of the administrative search process.
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