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.
I did not say it is illegal for you to carry $10k. We are not talking about PC to search based on a large amount of currency. I have to be careful when talking about currency, because it involves drug interdiction issues on a federal level. Bottom line, LEO intervention occurs and feds are also called, particularly DEA. Based upon several articulated reasons, the money can be seized. I would take a good guess that this would never happen to those on here, but when you have someone that has large amounts of money, no job, flying to a state bordering Mexico, and cannot give any evidence to show that the money was legally obtained, plus significant response from K9's, the money will be taken. If this occurs, there is ample opportunity to get it back in Federal court.
Saying that there are security-sensitive reasons is hiding behind the log.
I am not hiding behind anything. I refuse to openly give information on a public forum about how we catch drug smugglers who take money through our airports to go buy large amounts of drugs in neighboring countries. I work closely with DEA and advising such would compromise my job and possibly the safety of those I work with.
So can many other substances. Start checking for explosives rather than liquids and maybe the liquids farce would cease to be such.
Please explain this to me? Liquids and other substances that can be explosive are searched for during screening. I am not sure where you are going with this statement. Stop looking for liquid explosives so the "liquids farce would cease to be such?" So if we stop looking for C4 or gunpowder, people would forget about them and not try to smuggle through security?