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Re: Is the new Stalin African-American?
?Neither I nor my English wife had any trouble at all traveling in and out
of the US last year. On the last leg home through Jacksonville and
Atlanta
our carry-on goods got looked at by TSA folks, with little delay. We had
the laptop, and stuff I'd gotten in the US like the GR3/GR20, and my
transparent-blue Steinberger Synapse (delightfully carry-on). The male
inspectors really loved looking over the guitar, but I didn't feel delayed
or threatened in any way. When we were checking our luggage I got the
question about the Synapse: "Is that a firearm?" I had thought up a lot
of
lines to cast forth during being intrusively searched but the searching
never happened, and I didn't see anyone else being pulled aside.
I can assume therefore that it's possibly the attitude one displays during
the go-through that might make all the difference, and most likely has an
effect on further trips through the security go-throughs. Make enough of
an
indignant stink about it and there's little doubt there will be a note
made
about it. Additionally, visiting a prisoner in Guantanamo would seem to
by
default require some sort of more-than-regular inspection. This should
not
be a surprise, and I'd be interested to hear any non-third-party stories
LD
members have about such difficulties.
-----Original Message-----
From: Rainer Straschill
Sent: Sunday, January 16, 2011 2:22 PM
To: Looper's Delight Mailing List
Subject: Is the new Stalin African-American?
http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/2011/01/15/laptops/index.html
(via @ilovetypography on twitter).
Any of you had experiences similar to those described in this article
about DHS/TSA proceedings when entering the US (both for US citizens and
others)?
Sad to say, but the way this looks, this may require us all either to
never enter the US again - or to go back to hardware loopers...
Rainer
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