I think I see an area where we can cut federal spending.

don't tweet about your plans to "destroy America"

Obama sending tweets again?

Yeah idiot. Mailyn Monroe isn't underground, she is mounted in a concrete tomb thing.

Why would you visit this shiathole ?

In other news the US doesn't understand why tourism has plummeted in the last decade .

HAHAH sorry but stupid should hurt.

No really I am sorry we can no longer take a joke. That being said you really dont joke about it because we can't take a joke.

Ennuipoet: "These are the people protecting us from International Terrorism, are they?"

Hey, they managed to link a twitter account to a person who bought a plane ticket, to a person entering customs.
So while the application of that information is facepalmingly stupid -- the technical side is apparently more capable than I expected.

Grables'Daughter: Would it be okay for me to plan a trip to the U.K. to tray to photograph the Queen, and then tweet that I plan to "shoot the Queen"?

Yes.

Should have gone to Miami or Vegas, far fewer cop shows.

Grables'Daughter: Despite telling officials at LAX airport the term "destroy" was British slang for partying, the pair were held on suspicion of planning to "commit crimes".
...
Question 2. Why is "commit crimes" in quotes?

I think it's a British thing -- they'll put anything that is a quote from a source in quotes, even if it's just one or two words.

/At least I only notice it in British publications.

They used the slangy verbs on their tweeter website account on the computer machine! Get 'im, Monkey Man!

Grables'Daughter: Despite telling officials at LAX airport the term "destroy" was British slang for partying, the pair were held on suspicion of planning to "commit crimes".

Question 1. Would it be okay for me to plan a trip to the U.K. to tray to photograph the Queen, and then tweet that I plan to "shoot the Queen"?

Question 2. Why is "commit crimes" in quotes?

Naked?

Because I would pay to see the queen naked. Assuming I can still get into Britain and have that desire, because otherwise I wouldn't pay or ummm have that desire.

Grables'Daughter: Well, their choices of tweets were poor, but why not interrogate them and then let them go about their business?

Why deport them?

Of all the things the US has done in the last decade making sense is not one of them.

Faddy: Yeah idiot. Mailyn Monroe isn't underground, she is mounted in a concrete tomb thing.

Heard some rich guy paid to be mounted face-down in the drawer above her. Not sure if true.

Grables'Daughter: Despite telling officials at LAX airport the term "destroy" was British slang for partying, the pair were held on suspicion of planning to "commit crimes".

Question 1. Would it be okay for me to plan a trip to the U.K. to tray to photograph the Queen, and then tweet that I plan to "shoot the Queen"?

Question 2. Why is "commit crimes" in quotes?

If there tweet said they were planning to "shoot Obama" you would have a point but they didn't, just another massive overreaction which paints the US in a bad light again.

Seems the TSA is determined to destroy america's tourism industry more than any terrorist threats, definitely off my holiday destination list for the foreseeable future (not because of this, it was crossed off along tome ago but this doesn't help).

they could have just kicked him out, yet let her enter, We are all stocked up on douchebags but we can always use more saucy chicks.

Your country is run by farking retards. Same over here.

J. Frank Parnell: Grables'Daughter: Would it be okay for me to plan a trip to the U.K. to tray to photograph the Queen, and then tweet that I plan to "shoot the Queen"?

Yes.

I can stand outside scotland yard, shout out 'I'm gonna shoot the queen' as loud as I can through loud speakers and the coppers can't do shiate.

/So much for your 'freedom of speech'
//Homeland security = SS

Grables'Daughter: Well, their choices of tweets were poor, but why not interrogate them and then let them go about their business?

Why deport them?

Simple - - CYA. If the two goofheads did do something stupid and it later came out that INS had passed them thru immigration even though they knew of their comments, someone's head would roll. Unfortunate side effect of today's "gotta blame SOME body" mentality.

Grables'Daughter: "You only answered one of my questions."

I don't usually have answers; you should consider yourself lucky.
Besides, they look like massive douchebags - they deserved to get harassed and sent home on that count alone.

Send him back, send her through.

Glad we've got federal agents paid $90,000 per year with full benefits and 20 yr public safety retirement pension to go through Twitter accounts and (likely) Fark pages, among others. Go figure why our economy continues to tank. Further, let's see their electronic communications or provide us with some insight and accountability into what our tax dollars are paying for in the DHS boondoggle. Some stats maybe? Some guidelines? And I LIKE the US, so I can only imagine how it's starting to look to others.

Doubtful the Constitution was designed with a Panopticon as the model.

Marilyn Monroe zombie: destruction through seduction.

Bob16: Why would you visit this shiathole ?

If you have any common sense, You'll stay away from this country like we have the plague and weep for those here.

Can we cut the portion of DHS' budget that is monitoring Twitter and Facebook please?
They are probably investing millions in it and have discovered what the rest of the planet already knows:

TERRORISTS DO NOT "TWEET" THEIR TERROR PLANS.

...And good luck digging up someone locked sealed in concrete, in an elevated tomb...in a locked building...in a closed cemetery. I think that one could have been dismissed outright. Which brings me to another handy tip for DHS:

Stores in the USA sell shovels. There is no point in "Searching their baggage for spades." since A) They would have been confiscated when they tried to board a plane carrying shovels. B) They cost about $5 at any hardware store in any city in America.

Well... as i'm planning to go on vacation to the US next week... might as well have a go at it...

I'M PLANNING TO KILL OBAMA !

I"M PLANNING TO PUT A BOMB IN THE WHITE HOUSE !

I"M GOING TO BLOW UP A PLANE !


WOOOOHOOOOOOO !!!!!!


//let's see if they pick up on this...

Grables'Daughter: DrSticky: Grables'Daughter: Despite telling officials at LAX airport the term "destroy" was British slang for partying, the pair were held on suspicion of planning to "commit crimes".

Question 1. Would it be okay for me to plan a trip to the U.K. to tray to photograph the Queen, and then tweet that I plan to "shoot the Queen"?

Question 2. Why is "commit crimes" in quotes?

Naked?

Because I would pay to see the queen naked. Assuming I can still get into Britain and have that desire, because otherwise I wouldn't pay or ummm have that desire.

/maces DrSticky

/still weeping from the mace

So Obviously we don't have the same taste in women. Namely, that I don't have any taste.

ChewbaccaJones: Stores in the USA sell shovels. There is no point in "Searching their baggage for spades." since A) They would have been confiscated when they tried to board a plane carrying shovels. B) They cost about $5 at any hardware store in any city in America.

Perhaps they were actually foiling an insidious plot to cheat at cards?

J. Frank Parnell: Grables'Daughter: Would it be okay for me to plan a trip to the U.K. to tray to photograph the Queen, and then tweet that I plan to "shoot the Queen"?

Yes.

No.

They sent them back home?!! Is Guantanamo bay full up?

America: land of the free. (For certain definitions of "free".)

Grables'Daughter: krackpipe: Glad we've got federal agents paid $90,000 per year with full benefits and 20 yr public safety retirement pension to go through Twitter accounts and (likely) Fark pages, among others. Go figure why our economy continues to tank. Further, let's see their electronic communications or provide us with some insight and accountability into what our tax dollars are paying for in the DHS boondoggle. Some stats maybe? Some guidelines? And I LIKE the US, so I can only imagine how it's starting to look to others.

Doubtful the Constitution was designed with a Panopticon as the model.

/reported to Homeland Security

Right? Twitter/Fark/whatever is being monitored for keywords by computers. Leads are then followed-up by HS educated guys being paid outrageous salaries...who can then afford to buy the foreclosed homes of people who used to have jobs that actually added to the GDP. The Aristocrats!

How has no one mentioned how worked over she looks for 24? After seeing the picture I assumed that was some teenage boy with his mom. Must be rough living across the pond.

jimpoz: No.

The reason you don't see any cases where other countries pretend to not be able to discern between legitimate threats and something some guy said as a joke isn't because people only say that stuff about the US.

ChewbaccaJones:
Stores in the USA sell shovels. There is no point in "Searching their baggage for spades." since A) They would have been confiscated when they tried to board a plane carrying shovels. B) They cost about $5 at any hardware store in any city in America.

When I think of good ole boys searching for spades, a garden implement is not the first thing that springs to mind.

Hold on, I scowled. Can you take the picture again?

malle-herbert: Well... as i'm planning to go on vacation to the US next week... might as well have a go at it...

I'M PLANNING TO KILL OBAMA !

I"M PLANNING TO PUT A BOMB IN THE WHITE HOUSE !

I"M GOING TO BLOW UP A PLANE !


WOOOOHOOOOOOO !!!!!!


//let's see if they pick up on this...

ZOMG! SHUT DOWN EVERYTHING!

"I don't think these Tweets were reviewed by a human being. This reeks of screen-scraping looking for buzzwords. So instead of complaining about $90,000/yr people, you should complain about $300M IT contracts to write simple Perl scripts."

If you think about this in more depth, the stupidity of the TSA is not the real eyebrow raiser here. What should scare you more is that billions has been spent on gaining back door access to ALL the data feeds of ALL internet activity by the US (and UK) governments.

All ISPs and core network data providers have their data fed to the NSA.

All social media providers (facebook, twitter) give DIRECT access to ALL data that is posted to the NSA

All telecoms providers (AT&T, BT, Virgin, etc) provide all their data (calls, voice, SMS) to the NSA.

There is a huge amount of IT linking your on-line activities so the US/UK government can track and target it's citizens.

The appearance of these two twatterati on no-fly lists is the visible output of this activity.