Originally Posted by Bart
That's your opinion, and of course, you're entitled to it. I guess what you're saying is that it is acceptable for public officials to deliberately omit reporting criminal activity to law enforcement. You don't see the ethical aspects involved and believe this is a simple matter of staying in one's "running lane."
I see the ethics and I think the bigger ethical problem is the unconstitutional search for items not related to air security.
Originally Posted by Bart
You assume that only drug dealers carry large amounts of cash. You also missed the part where I said that a police officer, who has the authority to look into suspicious matters, is the one who makes the determination of whether this is a crime or just a peculiarity that a person has so much cash on his person.
No, I don't assume that at all. What I do assume is that, based on way too many reports, law abiding citizens get caught in the "war on drugs" dragnet too often and many times aren't able to get their money back. If they do it's not without a huge (i.e. expensive) legal battle.
As for this so-called bounty you refer to, this is the first time I've ever heard of this. Never heard of it when I was a private contractor screener and certainly not when I joined TSA. I think you're quoting an urban legend.
It was mentioned in the statement of facts in the decision in
United States v. $124,570 of U.S. Currency:
http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/script...710222&exact=1