well, Mr. Horrowitz, I once had a strong belief in democracy and the U.S. Constitution, particularly the Bill of Rights. ****** IMPORTANT, get your BS detector working! you'd probably call me a lying asshole if I told you your _beloved_ Bubba signed PPD 25 which permits UN control of US forces, _in America_! and allows the UN to bring in UN troops. and, your meter will really peg out if I told you the DOD gave Navy Seals and Marine Recon units a long questionaire to determine their "loyalty" and they even asked "under an order to confiscate weapons from US citizens ...would you shoot to kill [US citizens] who refused to surrender their weapons if so ordered by UN officers? and, you'll scream "liar" if I tell you that the Department of the Navy is not subject to the posse comitase act which prevents the Army from being used in civilian affairs. Guess where the United States Marine Corps, the finest shock troops in history are (125,000 fighting men currently) --Navy. maybe you should review the procedures for the Feds --they have 72 hours to charge you or release you --more if they are lucky enough to bag their prey after 4pm Friday --they are not even required to give you a phone call until you have been read your rights. And, they don't read you your rights unless they charge you. second, check just what your rights are in US border check points --how about probable cause before they subject you to a strip search and body cavity check? how about liability for shredding your possessions if they want to be assholes, and still find nothing? (you're real lucky if you get some Polish luggage (shopping bags) how about some help to put your shit back together? how about a grievance procedure? --that's the big joke. it's not INS, they couldn't give a shit about your politics, but if you name pops up when they "stripe" your passport, they pass that along to the FBI, DEA, and other LEs check out LA next time you go through the Bradley gauntlet. LA will take the time to punch in the numbers on a US FS passport, and US DP passports aint worth a shit in the US. If they get a match, there's an army of those Fed blue jackets with the agency name on the back in large letters --they're highly visible. On Mon, 15 Jan 1996, Alan Horowitz wrote:
My bullshit detector is starting to pin the needle.
your option. I'm not proselytizing!
US Customs doesn't care about your political status or leanings. They want to collect the proper excise and catch contraband.
what ever you say... but they get extra bonus points for a rather large number of things.
There are INS people at passport control. I am skeptical that they would detain a US passport holder for 36 hours. I would like to see some evidence that this actually happened.
well, I'm not passing my jacket --and you cant get it with FOIA anyway, it isn't the INS that detains...
US citizens can't be excluded from the country, nor have their citizenship taken away from them.
which rock you been hiding under?
Alan Horowitz alanh@norfolk.infi.net
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