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That seems reaching to me. After all, highway patrol cannot simply start going through your belongings without probable cause which has a potential to be tested

• solotronics 9y ago
  actually they can and do every day! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_forfeiture_in_the_United_States#Traffic_stops https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_forfeiture_in_the_United... "In May 2010 a couple was driving from New York to Florida and they were stopped by police because of a cracked windshield. During questioning, the officer decided that $32,000 cash in the van was "probably involved in criminal or drug-related activity", seized it, shared it with federal authorities under equitable sharing. The victim hired a lawyer to get back the seized money who urged settling for half of the seized amount, and after the lawyer's fees, the victim got back only $7,000."
• alehul 9y ago
  As a followup to this (and response to preceding comment), a quick Google search shows that all airports aside from one in the US are owned by the government, which I believe must meet certain standards that we don't require of private entities in terms of rights of access.
  • dawnerd 9y ago
    that quick google search brings up a site that cites no sources for that claim... Digging around found a source but I highly doubt its the one that site used. https://www.faa.gov/airports/airport_compliance/privatization/ https://www.faa.gov/airports/airport_compliance/privatizatio...