Originally Posted by
SMF TSO
I hope you were at least present while they searched your wallet. They're just being nosy. The only prohibited items that you could really hide in a wallet would be a razor blade, a small detonator or one of those Swiss Army wallet cards with a knife, screwdriver, etc., all of which should be readily visible on the x-ray. There's no reason to go through your wallet.
Or the travel pages of my US Passport, like the TSA screeners at Fort Lauderdale (FLL) claim they can (and do).