Originally Posted by Doppy
I guess by treating all visitors to the US as criminals, we'll deter as many people as possible from coming here, and thus there will be fewer people to search for.
So, in the UK where they photograph your coming in (mug shot) and keep you on CCTV as much as possible (if only East Germany could have implemented that!) I guess they'd be much worse off than we poor serfs under the thumb of Comrade Chertoff?
I have to give my thumbprint at several client sites to get in the building, and at least two clients have run a criminal background check on me before giving me a temporary badge. But it doesn't make me feel like a criminal - perhaps I am insufficiently hysterical.