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Oh, you mean a bit like this?

"He found he was unable to print out a boarding pass […] when he approached ticket agents, they were blocked from producing a boarding pass for him without first calling a Secure Flight number at the Department of Homeland Security. […] ticket agents told him he was on a federal watchlist."

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/11/hacker-border-searc...

If it's not automated now it will be in a few years.

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Or a British individual who was detained and questioned for tweeting "Free this week, for quick gossip/prep before I go and destroy America?"

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2093796/Emily-Buntin...

Or the US teen who has been incarcerated for posting stupid rap lyrics on facebook:

http://cms.fightforthefuture.org/teenager/

Don't mind the petition though, last I heard was that his family was getting him out of jail with him not being indicted for anything. The authorities seemed to get a good amount of public pressure.

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