A flyer on his way to Las Vegas carried with him a few silver coins with a face value of at-most $600 (US Silver Eagles) which he was going to cash in to use for some “fun” in Sin City. TSA stopped him, made him open each one of the coins (in commemorative cases) to “check them out” and ask how much they were worth.
Now that the TSA is branching out from airports to road-side checkpoints on our highways, one has to wonder if the TSA is about the government keeping tabs on Civilians and the flow of cash — not about keeping us safe from terrorists.