iPad passport story makes the news
What seemed yesterday like a minor news story about a Montreal man using a scan of his passport to visit and return from the U.S. has become a big deal, with the American customs agency denying that it could have happened as described.
Josh 12:22 on 2012/01/05 Permalink
I saw something on TV last night about how this guy crosses the border with some regularity and also that he was the one to bring this to the media’s attention.
Tell me why anyone who crosses the border often would want to make a big deal of it, and have his name in the news for something like this. Think the guards recognize his name next time he’s crossing to Vermont?
walkerp 15:30 on 2012/01/05 Permalink
I know, seriously. You got away with murder, so just shut your mouth so you don’t ruin it for anyone else and the one-time mellow customs guy. Now they are going to all get shit on and have to be even more uptight in the future. And big thanks to the CBC for making a big deal out of it because they have no interesting news unless they create it.
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Tux 12:10 on 2012/01/06 Permalink
Yes to both Josh and WalkerP – border crossings in the car are still, somehow, pretty humane and efficient. There are a lot of crazy Americans who’d like nothing better than to turn it into some billion-dollar TSA-style freak show so we really shouldn’t be drawing attention to the fact that – oh noes! – border guards can be reasonable human beings.