It's not unusual for bank safe deposit boxes to be raided by bank managers (and other persons). Often, customers show up at their bank and discover all their uninsured items missing from their box; and there is very little that you can do about it afterwards...

New laws give the Office of Homeland Security complete control over everyones safe deposit box, in the event of a national emergency. They will decide what can be removed- not your bank (it seems only paperwork will allowed out of the deposit box, if a national crisis erupts. Cash, jewelry, specious metals and coins, etc., will become frozen assets).