When psychotherapist Andrew Feldmar was travelling to the US from Canada in the summer of 2006, he probably expected some stringent checks at the border. In the wake of 9/11, entering the United States has not been a trivial matter; foreign nationals are often kept waiting in line for over an hour while detailed questions, searches and background checks are carried out. Homeland security is a national priority, after all, and an insecure border poses an unacceptable threat.
What Feldmar wasn't expecting, though, was that one of those background checks would involve an internet search on his name. Among the search results was an article that Feldmar had written in 2001 for a psychiatric journal, relating his experiences in the 1960s with hallucinogenic drugs. Despite having crossed the border more than 100 times since he'd stopped experimenting with drugs, Feldmar was told by a security guard that as a former drug user, he was no longer welcome in the United States. His fingerprints were taken, and he was turned back to Canada. In a subsequent interview with the International Herald Tribune, Feldmar said: 'I should warn people that the electronic footprint you leave on the net will be used against you. It cannot be erased.' Full story at http://www.bcs.org/server.php?show=ConWebDoc.15964 <http://www.bcs.org/server.php?show=ConWebDoc.15964&changeNav=8265> &changeNav=8265 _______________________________________________ the Leeds List is an unmoderated mailing list and the list administrators accept no liability for the personal views and opinions of contributors. Leedslist mailing list [email protected] http://list.zetnet.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist DELETE THE FOOTERS WHEN REPLYING YOU LAZY SODS!!!! DELETE THE FOOTERS WHEN REPLYING YOU LAZY SODS!!!!
