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I flew directly to JFK from Berlin (got here last night). The entry to the US was the same as always. The only difference on the Berlin side was that they asked me 4 extra questions, all of which had the answer, "me", but the only one I remember is: Who packed your bags? Oh, yeah, they also asked me to show them all of the items I had with batteries, including my TV-B-Gone, and they put a red tag on some, but not all of them. Those red tags sure made me feel more secure.<BR>
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Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2010 17:18:08 -0800<BR>From: longobord@gmail.com<BR>To: congress@lists.noisebridge.net<BR>Subject: Re: [Noisebridge-congress] re-entry to the US<BR><BR>The reports I'm hearing are that these security measures pretty much only count if you're flying through Canada. People who fly directly to the US don't know what those who flew through Canada are talking about. I am at a loss to explain this.<BR><BR>Except.... <BR><BR>Christie<BR clear=all>_______<BR>Getting to the bottom of the hill is convenient. The view from the top of the hill is stunning. Where would you choose to live?<BR><BR><BR>
<DIV class=ecxgmail_quote>On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 5:06 PM, meredith scheff <SPAN dir=ltr><<A href="mailto:satiredun@gmail.com">satiredun@gmail.com</A>></SPAN> wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex" class=ecxgmail_quote>im at calgary airport right now, just went through security. twice. slowest security ive yet been through. I was allowed to take on my backpack as soon as i said the magic word 'laptop'. everyone was given full patdown, and every other passenger was searched. <BR>sigh.<BR>they conviscated my 11mm socket. <BR>m
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<DIV class=ecxgmail_quote>On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 12:52 AM, Ben Rupert <SPAN dir=ltr><<A href="mailto:meowdip@gmail.com">meowdip@gmail.com</A>></SPAN> wrote:<BR>
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They wouldn't let me carry on my small backpack, but let other people carry on larger breifcase/messanger bags. Form factor profiling.<BR>
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<DIV>On Jan 4, 2010 12:18 PM, "Christie Dudley" <<A href="mailto:longobord@gmail.com">longobord@gmail.com</A>> wrote:<BR><BR>My experience was also coming through Canada. I think you can pretty much expect that at or around US Customs you'll be expected to check something if you have more than one bag. They explicitly listed: anything with wheels must get checked. Anything that doesn't seem like something you'd be walking around on the street with, they'll badger you to be checked. I saw a lot of backpacks, although I also saw a lot of backpacks checked. <BR><BR>What I would do, if doing it all over again is stick whatever I wanted to carry through the US into my laptop bag and put the change of underwear, shampoo, etc in the other bag. I'm glad I had 2 bags unchecked while traveling through Germany, as I would have had to collect my checked bag to overnight at the hotel they put me up in. I don't think I would have otherwise packed anything differently knowing that at the border they'd be a right royal PITA.<BR><BR>When I got the "bonus patdown" - a second round of security in the Toronto airport, they gave me a slip outlining the new guidelines. (Because obviously I didn't meet them - I had *gasp* FOOD in my bag!) I am completely positive that NOBODY adheres to the new guidelines as they're literally impossible to follow - i.e. you can't bring medications at all if you carry a laptop, although medications are explicitly allowed. <BR><BR>Also cameras are explicitly allowed as carry ons. I'd address them just like a laptop, although the regulations don't include things like, oh, camera bags and film... There's nothing like a rules set that is so restrictive it contradicts itself.<BR><BR>Christie<BR clear=all>_______<BR>Getting to the bottom of the hill is convenient. The view from the top of the hill is stunning. Where would you choose to live?</DIV>
<FONT color=#500050>On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 12:02 PM, Kate McKinley <<A href="mailto:kate@lugh.net">kate@lugh.net</A>> wrote: > > I was able to travel wi...</FONT><BR>
<DIV><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Congress mailing list<BR><A href="mailto:Congress@lists.noisebridge.net">Congress@lists.noisebridge.net</A><BR><A href="https://www.noisebridge.net/mailman/listinfo/congress">https://www.noisebridge.net/mailman/listinfo/congress</A><BR><BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Congress mailing list<BR><A href="mailto:Congress@lists.noisebridge.net">Congress@lists.noisebridge.net</A><BR><A href="https://www.noisebridge.net/mailman/listinfo/congress">https://www.noisebridge.net/mailman/listinfo/congress</A><BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR><BR clear=all><BR></DIV></DIV><FONT color=#888888>-- <BR>doing stuff and making things<BR>---<BR>"A traveler. I love his title. A traveler is to be reverenced as such. His profession is the best symbol of our life. Going from - toward; it is the history of every one of us. It is a great art to saunter." -Henry David Thoreau<BR></FONT><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Congress mailing list<BR><A href="mailto:Congress@lists.noisebridge.net">Congress@lists.noisebridge.net</A><BR><A href="https://www.noisebridge.net/mailman/listinfo/congress">https://www.noisebridge.net/mailman/listinfo/congress</A><BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR> </body>
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