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| TSA reportedly demands to inspect luggage for bitcoin. |
| 2014-03-02 |
| [WND Money] Davi Baker wasn’t quite sure how to comply with the TSA’s demands to inspect his bags for Bitcoin. Baker had found himself in a testy exchange with airport security personnel during an enhanced screening, and they wanted an additional search of his belongings. “We saw Bitcoin in your bag and need to check,” he recalls the TSA agent saying in a lengthy blog post about the ordeal. The problem is, of course, Bitcoin is a completely digital currency; it’s like if Delta banned you from traveling with your Facebook profile. Baker was admittedly snarky in response, asking “What did the Bitcoin look like?”, thinking it would be impossible to describe a nonexistent physical object. Unbelievable! No, not really. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #7 Right now, bitcoin is on par with TSA's moral authority. They both sort of exist, and can cost money, but seem to have that non-existent, unaccountable quality about them. |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2014-03-02 20:23 |
| #6 How about re-instituting the spoils system? It's been reinstated by one party with civil service protection to stop the 'other' party from playing the same game when/if they get power again. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2014-03-02 19:29 |
| #5 Is this guy trying out to be part of the staff of The Onion or something? |
| Posted by: gorb 2014-03-02 18:34 |
| #4 How about re-instituting the spoils system? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2014-03-02 17:21 |
| #3 What will they do if they 'find' it? Can you confiscate bitcoins? |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2014-03-02 17:19 |
| #2 TSA needs to be disbanded. It is demonstrably staffed with idiots. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2014-03-02 16:00 |
| #1 From (non-existent) terrorists to (non-existent) currency control. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2014-03-02 10:17 |