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On Sat, Aug 2, 2008 at 11:47 AM, Mech <mech@m3ch.net> wrote: > Here's a bit of a caution for those International travellers >(specifically > Laptop Loopers) coming into the US. It looks like the Department of > Homeland Security has now begun taking it upon itself to confiscate and > rifle through the data on some passengers' laptops, as well as storage > devices. Details from the Houston Chronicle here: > > http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/nation/5918770.html > > Granted, it's probably a longshot that you'll get tapped for such a >search. > But if you're coming into the US from a foreign country, it's best to >know > the risks up front and plan accordingly. > > --m. Well, I always bring my looping setup on both a USB stick and CD, just in case. I think it's fair to let security go through random passengers electronic data. I'd rather take that than a bomb up my ass. But... That announcement by Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff would make for a good laugh it was in a Monty Python sketch! But since it is a real world document it brings the question of what people really are in charge over there? I mean, as examples for the threat they have deliberately chosen words as "violent jihadist materials". A much better phrasing would have been to say "terrorist action material". Jihad is an Arabic word with the Islamic meaning "striving in the name of Allah". I think it's really sad that people in such a leading position still act in such a prejudiced way. You could almost believe that a hidden meaning of the document is to spread bad vibes about Arabic speaking countries and the religion Islam in particular! About a thousand years ago the Christians on this continent set out to concur in the name of god - I was hoping we were done with that kind of stupidity on this planet. -- Greetings from Sweden Per Boysen www.boysen.se (Swedish) www.looproom.com (international) www.myspace.com/perboysen