I am interested to know at what point usa.gov starts becoming a problem for hackers such as pg and his followers?

As someone who resides outside the USA, news articles like this cause a HUGE problem for me if I ever wanted to visit the USA.

As a hacker I am already used to being treated to varying degrees as a 'freak' by regular folks.. What happens if a border guard decides to pick on me and then isn't happy when I try to explain why my laptop has no GUI? According to what I've read, not only do I have no rights but I may be detained in uncomfortable conditions for weeks before they send me back to my home country.