I was flying back to the to the US this afternoon on UA4 (LHR-IAH), and when we arrived, I went through the normal GE line, but at the exit from the GE kiosk area, there were 2 CBP officers, stopping everyone. When I got to one of the officers, he asked me:

• "Where are you coming from?" (London)
• "How long were you there?" (3 days)
• "What was the purpose of your visit?" (Visited friends)
• "What do you do for a job?" (Engineer)
• "Who do you work for?" (Livermore/Sandia National Laboratory)
• "What do you do there?" (I informed him that answering that would be leaking classified information)

After that, he let me pass, but it was all a really strange experience, because I have never been asked my job title and my employer. I am definitely reporting this to our DoD liaison tomorrow, but it's starting to make me think that when I travel, I should keep my technology to a minimum, or just not bring it.

Also, if they access a secured phone, and retrieve classified material, could the CBP officer get arrested for accessing classified equipment?

Has anyone else encountered this, or is it just a IAH thing?