I’m lazy. how much was he/she carrying?
$4700
He was carrying $4700 in proceeds from book t-shirt and merchandise sales from a libertarian political rally in St. Louis. His fear was that Missouri had published guidelines that included Ron Paul supporters as profiled domestic terrorists. The TSA dudes had also seen and read political literature he had in his posession and knew his political affiliation. The harassment stopped when an FBI agent stepped in and whispered to the TSA agents to let him go. They did.
$4,700 or so. Gee could have been winnings from a casino!