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German NSA Critic Denied Entry To the US

Posted by Unknown on from the skynet-doesn't-like-you dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Major newspapers in Germany (FAZ, Die Welt, SZ, ...) and the Huffington Post report that the author Ilja Trojanow has been prevented from boarding a plane from Salvador da Bahia to the U.S. where he was invited to attend a conference. He had ESTA documents showing that his visit was approved as part of the Visa Waiver Program and was last year given a visa to teach at the university of Saint Louis. Trojanow was one of the initiators of an open letter (Google translation to English) urging Chancellor Merkel to take actions against NSA surveillance in Germany."

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  1. Another Victory! by skydyr · · Score: 4, Funny

    You can thank the NSA for stopping this wanton criminal before he can enter the US.

    1. Re:Another Victory! by DougOtto · · Score: 5, Funny

      ... stopping this wonton criminal...

      I knew it! He was really Chinese!

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      Solving Unix problems since 1989...
    2. Re:Another Victory! by wonkey_monkey · · Score: 5, Funny

      ...stopping this one-ton criminal...

      No, it's obvious he was planning to become an illegal immigrant and conceal himself in plain sight among the natives.

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      systemd is Roko's Basilisk.
  2. Government shutdown by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Probably more due to the fact that there simply isn't anyone around to process his visa and let him into the country.

  3. Re:Remember all those times Bush blocked... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    there is no right to enter the USA unless you are a Native American

    There, fixed it for you.