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For the people who claim they'll never take action on trivial stupid tweets:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-16810312

> The 26-year-old bar manager wrote a message to a friend on the micro-blogging service, saying: "Free this week, for quick gossip/prep before I go and destroy America."

> Mr Bryan told the newspaper that he was questioned for five hours about his Twitter messages.

"All" that happened to him was that he wasn't allowed in.

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so crazy.

more so when "destroy" can have all kinds of completely innocent meanings.

it's bad judgment, but not something for which a five hour delay plus rejection seems appropriate. how much did we pay for that interrogation, in border security salary?

And if we were at risk, who'd have slipped through while the agents played tough-guy?

I've transited through the USA a few times. Might be coincidence, but every time I complained on Twitter beforehand about the security theatre, I was "randomly selected" for special treatment.

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