Originally Posted by
ESpen36
Yes, they are, most likely because large sums of cash in carry-on bags could be the proceeds of criminal activity.
So what? Unless there is clear evidence the cash was the proceed of criminal activity, there is absolutely no reason to get worked up over it - and even if it was proceeds, the airport is not the place to determine this.
My civil liberties are too important to give up in order to add checkpoints all over the country where anything from illegal immigrants, kiddie porn purveyors, warrant jumpers, deadbeat dads or other miscreants can be scooped up at will.
Let the police do their own investigations on their time, on their own turf, and leave the public out of it.
Currently, there are no laws regulating the transportation of any amount of any currency within USA borders. However, it is mighty suspicious to be carrying large sums (say over $10,000) of cash through an airport.
It's not suspicious at all - people regularly carry sums like this to/from Las Vegas - and who cares if it's suspicious? Airports are not criminal dragnets. Our civil liberties supersede, by a longshot, any possible benefit of using airports, bus stations, roadside checkpoints or other un-Constitutional practices to scoop up criminals that cops and DAs are too lazy or incompetent to investigate properly.