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Want to know which twelve passports will instantly get you shunted over for secondary screening, simply by showing them to the ID-checking agent?

Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Libya, Syria, Sudan, Afghanistan, Lebanon, Somalia, Iraq, Yemen, or Algeria

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That's such an obvious list I'm not sure if it's from the document itself, or if you just wrote down what it would probably be.

I was a little surprised about Cuba. They're not our favorite government, but I don't see them as a security risk.

Cuba (along with Syria, Sudan, and Iran) compromise the State Department's list of State Sponsors of Terrorism - which I would assume is the origin of their being on that list.

Are you serious!!!!

America has been living under the shadow of imminent Cuban aggression for 50years. There have been Cuban attempts to invade America and numerous assassination attempts on the US president by Cuban agents.

And their chemical weapons kill 1000s of Americans after being secretly delivered from Canada.

Apparently your sense of humor is too subtle for some other HNers!

Or perhaps a bit too blunt.

The countries on the list are there more for "Screw you" reasons than actual security. That is why Cuba is on the list, and possibly first.

It's from the doc.

The absence of Saudi Arabia is pretty interesting.

Right, didn't half the 9/11 hijackers have Saudi passports? They wouldn't even get secondary.

None of the 9/11 hijackers' nationalities are represented (Saudi Arabia, Egypt, UAE), excepting Lebanon.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organizers_of_the_September_11,...

Yes, but the Saudis are our rich friends so we wouldn't want to bother them with anything like pursuing real justice.

Sounds like George Carlin's seven words you can't say on TV.

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