This business about security checkpoint workers (now the TSA) keeping an eye on how much money you have has been going on for quite some time.

I remember one case I read that was the United States v. $125,000 (or some similar amount). In the case it said that security checkpoint workers get paid $250 by the DEA to turn in people with drugs or large sums of money. The DEA then, thanks to our draconian forfeiture laws as part of the war on drugs, then comes in an seizes your money. After months, if not years, and thousands and thousands of dollars, sometimes you MAY be able to get some of your money back.

The DEA has been known to confiscate money without even providing a receipt.

This is a really awful situation, but not enough people know or care about it.

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