[okie01]

"Very sad. So there is no presumption that having cash is none of the government's G.D. business?"

Can you give me a totally innocent reason why somebody would be carrying around that much cash -- aside from terminal eccentricity?

The presumption is warranted because there is roughly a 100-to-1 shot that somebody is involved in criminal activity -- including terrorism.

[eno_]

The correct question is (or so our Founders thought): "Why should the government be allowed to sieze cash just because it exists in a large amount?"

In other words, how much wealth am I allowed to transport or accumulate before I am presumed to be a criminal.

John Ashcroft's answer is "Enough to open a business checking account." since now the FBI can require any business to turn over any records or documents without a warrant. If that is not a complete travesty of "being secure in documents and effects" then what is?