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1996-01-16 - Re: Crypto anarchist getting through customs

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From: Brad Dolan <bdolan@use.usit.net>
To: “Timothy C. May” <tcmay@got.net>
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UTC Datetime: 1996-01-16 00:33:18 UTC
Raw Date: Mon, 15 Jan 96 16:33:18 PST

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From: Brad Dolan <bdolan@use.usit.net>
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 96 16:33:18 PST
To: "Timothy C. May" <tcmay@got.net>
Subject: Re: Crypto anarchist getting through customs
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On Mon, 15 Jan 1996, Timothy C. May wrote:

> 
> Frequent travellers to Europe will no doubt confirm what I'm saying. I
> travelled to dozens of countries in Europe a while back, and never was
> checked at any borders, save for a quick glance at my passport.
> 
> --Tim May

This may, in part, depend on your mode of transport.  Or maybe the phase 
of the moon.

In June of '93, I took a train from Rome to Nice, something which 
had worked nicely for me in the past.  That time we were all 
uncermoniously dumped out at a whistle-stop border checkpoint and forced 
to carry our luggage past some guys in uniforms.  I think some people got 
a quiz, though I did not.  After an hour or two, they let us board a 
*different* train to complete the last little bit of our journey.

That's the only border harassment I've experienced in Western Europe.  
Eastern Europe has been more interesting on occasion.  
 

Brad

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