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Originally Posted by CommonReader
Traveling to the US was a PITA even prior to 9/11 and it clearly went from bad to worse. I do not travel privately to the US anymore, as I don't see why I should spend my money somewhere where I am being welcomed as if I were a criminal. That's a pity as I always enjoyed traveling in the US. Americans should be subjected to the same kind of treatment whenever they want to enter the Schengen Area - and that courtesy should be extended to US soldiers.
Obviously no one in his right mind will cross the border to the US (or to most other countries) with a notebook or any other device that contains confidential business data, as there is the realistic chance that this data will be seized and even be used for the purpose of industrial espionage.
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You misunderstand us.
You (all feriners (intentional misspelling, I assure you)) have no information that we want (That’s a joke). And as my previous post indicates, we may
steal your illegal copy of the Tollhouse cookie recipe and bypass your "secret industrial information".
In other words, you give us too much credit.
After 911 we could have set up a top notch system like the Israelis. Instead we went with union hacks that are little more than warm bodies. Do I have to keep saying that we get what we deserve?
And for those few who are competent border inspectors and TSA, and I will admit that there are some VERY good ones, you keep bad company.