Originally Posted by
SgtScott31
Liquid nonsense? As I mentioned before, a very small amount of liquid can cause some serious damage. We have an EOD team, all of which are federally trained, and I (as well as TSA) have personally seen demonstrations they give to reinforce the reason liquid explosives can be catastrophic on an aircraft.
So can many other substances. Start checking for explosives rather than liquids and maybe the liquids farce would cease to be such.
As far as I know the TSOs will not directly question those with large sums of money, but law enforcement will be called. You would honestly be surprised the amount of illegal currency that attempts to get carried through the checkpoints of our airports. This includes drug and/or terrorist related. I cannot cite details for security-sensitive reasons, but believe me, it is there.
Since when did possession of currency become sufficient grounds for a LEO intervention? I am not surprised at all that people use airplanes to travel with illicitly gained funds, but that doesn't mean that me choosing to carry $10K is bills is at all illegal or even close to generating sufficient probable cause for a search.