Airport Security Cost The US the 2016 Olympics

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

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> From: Carl Stork <carl () ciconiaco com>
> Date: October 3, 2009 12:31:38 EDT
> To: dave () farber net, 'ip' <ip () v2 listbox com>
> Subject: RE: [IP] Airport Security Cost The US the 2016 Olympics

> It wasn’t airport security. It is U.S. Customs & Immigration. It is  
> difficult, expensive and unpleasant to get a visa to come to the Uni 
> ted States, and even for so-called visa-waiver countries to we are a 
> dding administrative hurdles and proposing new fees. Then once you t 
> ravel to the U.S., the entry experience is unpleasant and disgracefu 
> l. I have friends in Europe who choose not to visit the U.S. any mor 
> e because they don’t want to deal with it. I am sure many IOC member 
> s have had the unpleasant experience of entering the U.S.
>
> A marketing campaign won’t fix this. Customs and Immigration  
> doesn’t seem accountable to anyone for the awful experience it provi 
> des, even to U.S. citizens and residents.
>
> From: David Farber [mailto:dave () farber net]
> Sent: Friday, October 02, 2009 9:48 PM
> To: ip
> Subject: [IP] Airport Security Cost The US the 2016 Olympics
>
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> Begin forwarded message:
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> From: Labmanager <labmanager () gmail com>
> Date: October 2, 2009 9:50:16 PM EDT
> To: dave () farber net
> Subject: Airport Security Cost The US the 2016 Olympics
>
> http://intransit.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/02/chicagos-loss-is-passport-control-to-blame/
>
> "Among the toughest questions posed to the Chicago bid team this  
> week in Copenhagen was one that raised the issue of what kind of  
> welcome foreigners would get from airport officials when they  
> arrived in this country to attend the Games. Syed Shahid Ali, an  
> I.O.C. member from Pakistan, in the question-and-answer session  
> following Chicago’s official presentation, pointed out that entering 
>  the United States can be “a rather harrowing experience.”"
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