Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/09/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Me too I'm afraid. I have several close American friends and used to visit several times per year. I will not be visiting for anything other than essential business in the future. Security is extremely important, but the USA is sadly too late and too wrong with theirs. Frank --- Gerry Walden <gwpics@aol.com> wrote: > With all this happening, and the fact that > apparently I will now have to > be photographed and finger printed on arrival (not > to mention the > rudeness of the security staff) I think it will be a > while before I > visit the US again! > > Gerry > > -- > Gerry Walden LRPS > www.gwpics.com > +44 23 8046 3076 > > Jim Laurel wrote: > > > Ted, > > This kind of thing really gets to me. Just > reading your story gets my > > blood boiling. Obviously, some ham-handed TSA > screener decided that > > your locked M7s constituted a threat. > > > > What would I do? Well, there's not much you can > do. Under the aegis > > of National Security, thousands of half-witted > high school dropouts > > have been reborn as Federal employees in the TSA. > There's no > > accountability for damage to personal property. > And I guarantee that > > trying to identify who damaged your cameras while > at the airport would > > simply result in your being detained and > questioned. I suppose you > > could write letters, and that might get you an > apology, along with some > > platitudes about keeping America safe, but it may > also get you a > > wiretap on your phone and black unmarked > Suburbans driving by your > > place at odd hours of the night. > > > > My solution is to carry all my gear on board. I > pack my camera bag > > full, and wear a large camera jacket, which has > huge pockets. When the > > gate staff complain about the weight of my bag, > as Virgin Airlines > > always seems to, I walk away, stuff things into > my vest, and try again. > > Last I checked, no airline has a restriction on > how heavy your > > clothing can be. > > > > We live in a new world for sure, and the threats > aren't all from the > > outside. > > > > --Jim Laurel > > > > > > On Apr 2, 2004, at 10:26 PM, Ted Grant wrote: > > > > > What would you do under these circumstances? > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug > for more information > > > -- > Gerry Walden LRPS > www.gwpics.com > +44 23 8046 3076 > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for > more information