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Originally Posted by mikey_the_redneck
I am extremely biased. I don't believe that citizens of "free" nations should have to be treated like that at the border. If they think the guy was hiding something, they could have just done a search of him and the vehicle. I thought they were un-intelligent dinks in general......and he made himself look dumb by bragging about how many terrorists they stop...like he's some kind of super hero.
He said terrorist, and a terrorist is more than just a criminal...
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Except these people weren't citizens of the nation they were attempting to enter.
I have a friend who was a border guard for a few years, he was trained to ask seemingly odd questions as a means to gauge reactions and confirm stories. I went through a border with him once and the guard started asking us about what classes we were taking at university, completely irrelevant at first glance but actually an easy way to verify our story of being students on spring break. If we'd hesitated or didn't have a sensical answer it immediately makes us suspicious. It was a strategy he was instructed to use. Not much different in the case of someone going shopping, asking what/where helps to either confirm the story or put it in doubt.