["I won't like this any more than you will"]The US is already a tough country to go to because, to leave,
you need to be patted down or filmed naked to check you for
'weapons'.
Now, we know the US asks for passenger lists with all personal
details, address and so on. (Airlines within the EU are now
doing this as well for internal flights.)
What this story says is that they are even checking your electronic
presence, which means that Google and others must be surrendering
this information without our knowledge and giving the US
gov free access to everything we write.
This time a 'threat' to unbury Marilyn Monroe and blow up the Capitol
was enough for a couple to be ejected before they left the airport.
IshitUnot: Russia Today
British tourists imprisoned and deported from US… for Twitter jokes
Published: 31 January, 2012, 22:38
If the decomposed corpse of Marilyn Monroe is robbed from the grave, the terrorists have won.
Authorities in America take threats seriously, and when it comes to Hollywood royalty nearly 50 years past their expiration date, the feds don’t kid around. So when a would-be British tourist joked about digging up the body of famed Hollywood starlet Marilyn Monroe, US officials, to say the least, were not amused.
The attempts at humor were posted on the Twitter account of Leigh Van Bryan, 26, which somehow managed to make its way to the US Department of Homeland Security at the same time the British resident’s plane arrived at Los Angeles International Airport. When Van Bryan and his 24-year-old traveling companion arrived at LAX last week, feds were waiting for them.
... Not before the feds searched their luggage for a shovel and spade though, says Bunting.
“I almost burst out laughing when they asked me if I was going to be Leigh's lookout while he dug up Marilyn Monroe,” she adds.
Not only did Homeland Security not check their British slang, but they didn’t do all their research either. Both detainees say that the Marilyn Monroe joke was a reference to the American cartoon Family Guy.
see also http://jonathanturley.org/2012/01/30/british-couple-ejected-from-u-s-for-tweeting-about-wanting-to-dig-up-marilyn-monroe-and-destroy-america-on-vacation/
