Tourists deported from U.S for Twitter jokes

[Arnav]

Two U.K. tourists landing in L.A. were detained and deported because of tweets joking about "diggin' up" Marilyn Monroe and "destroying" America.

According to DHS paperwork, Leigh Van Bryan was matched to a "One Day Lookout" list, placed under oath, and ultimately denied entry and put on a plane back to Europe.

"[He wrote] on his tweeter[sic] website account that he was coming to the United States to dig up the grave of Marilyn Monroe," DHS officials wrote on his charge sheet. "Also on his tweeter[sic] account Mr. Bryan posted that he was coming to destroy America."

http://boingboing.net/2012/01/30/bri...u-s-for-t.html

[shakikii]

That's horrible. :/

A couple years ago I went to Africa, and I was more scared going through customs here than I was going through the customs in Africa - even with the all the men with large guns walking around. The US customs don't treat you like a US Citizen, and they act as if you only went out of the country to get drugs or conspire with some terrorist group.

[iLazz 2.0]

The US customs don't treat you like a US Citizen, and they act as if you only went out of the country to get drugs or conspire with some terrorist group.

Even though they have a long history of doing both those things the Bush family are never harassed by customs.

[Hobophobic]

Good. We don't want those limey sconehead fog-breathers in this country anyway. And the fact they use twitter is grounds for exsanguination in my not so humble opinion.

[Napalm]

EVERYONE WANTS TO HURT AMERICA.
>TSA application approved.

[sharknice]

Even though they have a long history of doing both those things the Bush family are never harassed by customs.

All politicians take private flights and transportation. Which is why they support the TSA so much. They love the tyranny.