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Originally Posted by Arcana XV  Don't make me laugh. 
I get the exact same questions on the Visa Waiver form I have to fill in every time I visit the US and my usual reaction is that one would have to be a real moron to answer YES to any of those questions. What are they gonna do, actually check that we're telling them the truth? |
Law enforcement seldom catches criminals in the act. They rely, instead, on snaring law breakers after the fact. And they do that in many ways. But in this regard if someone lied on the Visa form they could be snared by those answers even if they were doing nothing wrong or something else that was perfectly legal.
FBI agents...
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"...arrested Moussaoui (Zacarias Moussaoui, the 20th hijacker on 9/11) on an immigration violation--mainly as a way of keeping him out of circulation until they could determine what he was up to. In questioning at the time of his arrest, Moussaoui denied being the member of a terrorist organization and said that he was not taking flight training with the intention of killing Americans. Instead, he told them that he was learning to fly for his personal enjoyment--and that he hoped to visit New York City and Washington D.C. as a tourist.
Checking Moussaoui's name with foreign intelligence agencies, agent Harry Samit of the Minneapolis Office learned that Moussaoui might have terrorist connections.
The trial of Zacarias Moussaoui: An Account |