IP: a view on Advise people to stay away if this is the norm

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

> Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2001 01:06:30 -0400
> To: farber () cis upenn edu, ip-sub-1 () majordomo pobox com
> From: John Noble <jnoble () dgsys com>
>
>
> >  I want to warn all of the people who are living in USA to ask their
> >  loved ones if they are planning to visit USA to delay
> >  their plans. What
> >  happened to us the last weekend is a pure harassment from INS.
> >
>
> This is what terror looks like, and it would be a mistake to blame it on
> the folks who are terrified. The INS agents are as angry as everyone else;
> plus they are overwhelmed. Who would like to be the one who stamped Atta's
> passport on his last entry? Who would like to be in charge of who gets in
> the country right now? What happened to these people is awful, but some
> GS-9 out at the airport is not going to let anyone from Libya into the
> country without orders from a higher pay-grade.
>
> Those orders aren't coming from a higher pay-grade because the greatest
> leverage the U.S. has over the cooperation or acquiescence of Middle-East
> nations is commerce between the U.S. and the hopefully influential citizens
> of those nations, who largely enjoy important economic or social ties in
> the U.S.
>
> John Noble



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