Surfing through the news channels I just saw two related stories in ten minutes.
CNN was reporting the story of a tourist who was questioned by TSA officials at an airport. He recorded the whole interview on his iPhone. He was asked why he had so much money on him, and he asked whether he was legally required to answer that question. The TSA officers apparently got quite irate with him. He says he was being hassled. Perhaps you can download the recording from somewhere. (Update: here is the story; he was a Ron Paul supporter.)
A few channels up on the Indian news channel NDTV, a Bollywood actor was complaining of problems getting into New York. He had visited Afghanistan. The immigration official asked if it was legal to visit Afghanistan. The actor replied, “are you seriously asking me that?” The actor said that the immigration official took offence at this question and detained him for six hours.
Two stories doesn’t quite make a pattern, but perhaps people are increasingly standing up to official nonsense. Not that it’s doing them any good.
[...] Flying Into America 19.06.2009 | Posted in Computer World Surfing through the news channels I just saw two related stories in ten minutes. CNN was reporting the story of a tourist who was questioned by TSA officials at an airport. He recorded the whole interview on his iPhone. He was asked why he had so much money on him, and he asked whether he was legally required to answer that question. The TSA officers apparently got quite irate with him. He says he was being hassled. Perhaps you can download the recording from somewhere. A few channels u More: Flying Into America [...]