Way off topic, but what gives the US government the right to restrict what a foreign citizen does when they are outside the US? (Assuming no international laws are breached) Do they check your passport to see if you have been to Cuba or Libya (or N Korea, Syria, ...)? If it is OK to go there, why does it matter whether it is on the same ticket or not?

In any case, presumably Haliburton employees are exempt?

[This message has been edited by christep (edited 10-14-2003).]