Originally Posted by Deeg
I think this "federal law enforcement" friend is a bit off. There's not nearly as much "big brother" going on as you suggest. I can't really go into details. But what looks like a camera taking pictures may actually be the LPR discussed here:
http://www.cbp.gov/xp/CustomsToday/2...stoday_lpr.xml
Edit: to the above poster, some of us do actually use the travel registration site.
That's the box I was thinking was a camera! There is also another box that I always believed to be a radiation detector.