Turned back at the US Border after being Googled

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Original Title: Canadians in trouble?

Or is it US paranoia … once more … or should we start banning Google …?

Read this TT article … over the top it is …

[quote]Andrew Feldmar, a Vancouver psychotherapist, was on his way to pick up a friend at the Seattle airport last summer when he ran into a little trouble at the border.

A guard typed Feldmar’s name into an Internet search engine, which revealed that he had written about using LSD in the 1960s in an interdisciplinary journal. Feldmar was turned back and is no longer welcome in the US, where he has been active professionally and where both of his children live.

Feldmar, 66, has a distinguished resume, no criminal record and a candid manner. Though he has not used illegal drugs since 1974, he says he has no regrets.

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I am thinking a sci-fi story about the Internet breaking down world-wide.

If the scenario came true, there would be no problem like this! :smiling_imp:

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It happens the other way around, too.

Going to Canada? Check your past

Visitors with minor criminal records turned back at border

Sounds like overzealousness on both sides of the border these days. It’s too bad our governments can’t get together and halt this madness.

[quote]So it isn’t as if rules have stiffened. But what has changed is the way the information is gathered. In the wake of 9/11, Canada and the United States formed a partnership that has dramatically increased what Lesperance calls "the data mining’’ system at the border.

The Smart Border Action Plan, as it is known, combines Canadian intelligence with extensive U.S. Homeland Security information. The partnership began in 2002, but it wasn’t until recently that the system was refined.

"They can call up anything that your state trooper in Iowa can,’’ Lesperance says. "As Canadians and Americans have begun cooperating, all those indiscretions from the ‘60s are going to come back and haunt us.’’

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Oh, and by the way, if you don’t need to travel to Canada, don’t think you won’t need to clear your record. Lesperance says it is just a matter of time before agreements are signed with governments in destinations like Japan, Indonesia and Europe.

"This,’’ Lesperance says, "is just the edge of the wedge.’’

Who would have thought a single, crazy night in college would follow you around the world?[/quote]

Scary Brave New World we’re entering.