Originally Posted by nd_eric_77
the above incident sounds suspiciously similar to the scene in The Terminal when Tom Hanks translates for the dude bringing pills through customs ("it is for goat")... of course, I suspect the above story really did happen; it just sounds similar to that part of the movie.
Could be, my memory is vague. I might have blured reality with hollywood, which of course is the intention of hollywood
There have been one or two more serious cases in the past couple years, homeland security issues with possibly mistaken identity of people transiting through the U.S. I do recall one in the newspaper that wasn't hollywood.