British Tourists Barred Entry to US for Twitter Joke.

[DamagedGoods]

This can't really be real, right? Please?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2093796/Emily-Bunting-Leigh-Van-Bryan-UK-tourists-arrested-destroy-America-Twitter-jokes.html


Leigh Van Bryan, 26, was handcuffed and kept under armed guard in a cell with Mexican drug dealers for 12 hours after landing in Los Angeles with pal Emily Bunting.
The Department of Homeland Security flagged him as a potential threat when he posted an excited tweet to his pals about his forthcoming trip to Hollywood which read: 'Free this week, for quick gossip/prep before I go and destroy America?'
[...]

Leigh was also quizzed about another tweet which quoted hit US comedy Family Guy which read: '3 weeks today, we're totally in LA p****** people off on Hollywood Blvd and diggin' Marilyn Monroe up!
[...]

After 12 hours in custody they returned to the airport where they were handed documents which stated they had been refused entry to the US.
Emily's charge sheet stated: 'It is believed that you are travelling with Leigh-Van Bryan who possibly has the intentions of coming to the United States to commit crimes.'
Leigh's charge sheet, alongside a police mug shot and finger print, added: 'He had posted on his Tweeter website account that he was coming to the United States to dig up the grave of Marilyn Monroe.


This also reminded me of this vaguely related stand up routine.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzrjO2xYDdQ&feature=related

Continued below.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Clckc3xA8AQ&feature=related

[Dakota Valkyrie]

Seriously?

"The officials told us we were not allowed in to the country because of Leigh's tweet," Bunting told The Daily Mail. "They wanted to know what we were going to do... They asked why we wanted to destroy America and we tried to explain it meant to get trashed and party... I almost burst out laughing when they asked me if I was going to be Leigh's lookout while he dug up Marilyn Monroe."

After spending the night in custody, Bryan and Bunting were reportedly put on a plane back home through Paris.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection released a statement in which the department confirmed that two people had been taken for "secondary interviews" and said that during those interviews, information was uncovered that "revealed both individuals were inadmissible to the United States."

"CBP strives to treat all travelers with respect and in a professional manner, while maintaining the focus of our mission to protect all citizens and visitors in the United States," the department told ABC News. "We recognize that there is an important balance to strike between securing our borders while facilitating the high volume of legitimate trade and travel that crosses our borders every day, and we strive to achieve that balance and show the world that the United States is a welcoming nation."http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/pair-held-twitter-homeland-threat-mix-reports/story?id=15472918#.TzKPz-R1440

The certainly pulled the welcome mat out from under those two... and showed that the "U. S." in "U.S. Customs and Border Protection" stands for "Utterly Stupid".

[DamagedGoods]

Seriously?
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/pair-held-twitter-homeland-threat-mix-reports/story?id=15472918#.TzKPz-R1440

The certainly pulled the welcome mat out from under those two... and showed that the "U. S." in "U.S. Customs and Border Protection" stands for "Utterly Stupid".

It's almost as awesome in it's epic stupidity as this one:

http://www.thestar.com/News/article/211492


Instead, the ominous-looking coin gave rise to an even stranger spy tale in this country – with the U.S. Defense Security Service warning that mysterious coins with radio transmitters appeared to have been planted on American army contractors as they travelled through Canada during 2005 and 2006.

Turns out the American officials were befuddled by protective coatings on the coin, which had been put in place to try to keep the red colour from smudging, something that marred the early 2004 printings of the coin, leaving on some a red blotch on the face of the Queen on the reverse side.

One contractor marvelled that the coin didn't seem to have a power source, but was filled with some sort of "nano-technology." *snicker*
[...]

The Canadian embassy tried to remain diplomatic.

"We knew loose lips sink ships, but loose change ... ?" said spokesperson Bernard Etzinger.



http://subversiveinfluence.com/images/blogposts/poppyquarter.jpg
TERRORISM!!!

[biteme]

This calls for a chant
TSA! TSA! TSA! TSA!
Big Fat Sis, saving the world one blunder at a time
:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:

[DamagedGoods]

This calls for a chant
TSA! TSA! TSA! TSA!
Big Fat Sis, saving the world one blunder at a time
:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:

Dontcha just feel so safe with these guys in charge of protecting the populace? I know I would!

[biteme]

TSA! TSA! TSA! TSA!
Big fat Sis saving the world one blunder at a time
:hmmmm2:
:banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead: :banghead::banghead:


No female TSA agents means no flight for Denver woman
TSA agents denied female passenger boarding access
http://www.kdvr.com/news/kdvr-no-female-tsa-agents-means-no-flight-for-denver-woman-20120209,0,7106350.story

DENVER -- A Denver woman claims she couldn’t board a flight from Wyoming to Denver because of her gender. Jennifer Winning makes the flight from the small airport of Rock Springs, WY to Denver often, but on January 29th it was different.

“They wouldn`t let me get on the plane because I`m female,” Winning said.

She said she checked in and arrived at security about 35 minutes before the scheduled departure of her United flight.

“They asked if I was on the flight to Denver, I said yes, they said that they couldn`t screen me because they sent all the female TSA agents home,” Winning said.

A female agent was necessary because of those new pat-downs.

“I said, `Would you be willing to let me sign a waiver and I would approve for a man to pat me down if necessary?` and they said no,” she said.

[Shadow]

I wonder if the TSA agents were all new? I mean, I can sort of understand how the Brit terms might seem nefarious to Americans or anyone non-Brit. It's sorta like calling a tire a rubber. In America, a rubber is a condom. That said, I do think the TSA agents took this a bit too far.


~shadow

[biteme]

I wonder if the TSA agents were all new? I mean, I can sort of understand how the Brit terms might seem nefarious to Americans or anyone non-Brit. It's sorta like calling a tire a rubber. In America, a rubber is a condom. That said, I do think the TSA agents took this a bit too far.


~shadow
You mean like brits and their Fags
No Big Fat Sis like her agents, untrained, uneducated, carrying big sticks