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November 04, 2006 ( politics )
Slashdot links to an article (the site is slashdotted currently, see Google's cache)
Forget no-fly lists. If Uncle Sam gets its way, beginning on Jan. 14, 2007, we'll all be on no-fly lists, unless the government gives us permission to leave-or re-enter-the United States.The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (HSA) has proposed that all
airlines, cruise lines-even fishing boats-be required to obtain
clearance for each passenger they propose taking into or out of the
United States.It doesn't matter if you have a U.S. Passport - a "travel document"
that now, absent a court order to the contrary, gives you a virtually
unqualified right to enter or leave the United States, any time you
want. When the DHS system comes into effect next January, if the
agency says "no" to a clearance request, or doesn't answer the
request at all, you won't be permitted to enter-or leave-the United
States.
*blink* What. The. Fuck. Are we Nazi Germany now, restricting our own citizens from leaving?
I suddenly miss being less than a day's drive from the Mexican border.
Posted by griffjon at November 4, 2006 10:13 AM
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