Re: Halvar Flake Denied Entry to U.S. for BlackHat

["B.K. DeLong" <bkdelong () pobox com>]

This is ridiculous though I'm surprised Halvar didn't pursue it (maybe
he still is behind the scenes).

A simple call to every single person on the "Meet the Fed" panel
should get some forward movement:

http://www.defcon.org/html/defcon-15/dc-15-speakers.html#Fed

On 7/29/07, Paul Ferguson <fergdawg () netzero net> wrote:
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> - - ferg
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> - -- "Paul Ferguson" <fergdawg () netzero net> wrote:
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> Shameful.
>
> Via Halvar's blog:
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> [snip]
>
> I've been denied entry to the US essentially for carrying my trainings
> material. Wow.
>
> It appears I can't attend Blackhat this year. I was denied entry to the US
> for carrying trainings materials for the Blackhat trainings, and intending
> to hold these trainings as a private citizen instead of as a company.
>
> After a 9-hour flight and a 4 1/2 hour interview I was put onto the next
> 9-hour flight back to Germany. Future trips to the US will be significantly
> more complicated as I can no longer go to the US on the visa waiver
> program.
>
> [snip]
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> More:
> http://addxorrol.blogspot.com/2007/07/ive-been-denied-entry-to-us-essential
> ly.html
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> - - ferg
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> --
> "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson
>  Engineering Architecture for the Internet
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