Yeah, right.
Yeah, right. Because terrorists always self-report. Makes you feel downright secure, doesn't it? Not to mention things do happen with computer screens, and people do make mistakes. Besides, I'd genuinely like to know from security professionals whether this kind of questionnaire ever stops criminals or catches any past or future terrorists. Seriously.
According to Simon Calder, travel editor of The Independent, the question on the form is "completely pointless" in the first place as "nobody who was engaged in terrorism, espionage, or genocide would ever tick 'yes.'"
However, he said: "Once you are on that list you are never going to get off it. America is completely unforgiving. If that box gets ticked for whatever reason, immediately it's as though the alarms go off, the shutters go down and you are into a spiral of despair."
https://www.businessinsider.com/cancer-patient-accidentally-labels-herself-as-terrorist-ahead-of-bucket-list-trip-2018-9
https://www.businessinsider.com/cancer-patient-accidentally-labels-herself-as-terrorist-ahead-of-bucket-list-trip-2018-9
According to Simon Calder, travel editor of The Independent, the question on the form is "completely pointless" in the first place as "nobody who was engaged in terrorism, espionage, or genocide would ever tick 'yes.'"
However, he said: "Once you are on that list you are never going to get off it. America is completely unforgiving. If that box gets ticked for whatever reason, immediately it's as though the alarms go off, the shutters go down and you are into a spiral of despair."
https://www.businessinsider.com/cancer-patient-accidentally-labels-herself-as-terrorist-ahead-of-bucket-list-trip-2018-9
https://www.businessinsider.com/cancer-patient-accidentally-labels-herself-as-terrorist-ahead-of-bucket-list-trip-2018-9
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