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MelissaB

(16,595 posts) Mon Mar 6, 2017, 01:34 PM Mar 2017

Australia's equivalent of CIA director endures the full treatment at US border. [View all]

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But if the Possum Magic author feels cheesed by her "terrifying ordeal", spare a thought for Nick Warner, the Director-General of the Australian Secret Intelligence Service. You'd think being the top government spy of a staunch US ally – travelling on a diplomatic passport – would spare you the latex welcome, but no. Not even. Warner got the full treatment last month at LAX arrivals, transferring for meetings in the capital (including, you'd safely assume, at Langley, Virginia). Could you imagine the uproar in Washington if John Brennan or Meroe Park copped a solid frisking at Tullamarine? Yeah right – as if they'd even countenance the indignity of flying commercial!

Read more: http://www.afr.com/brand/rear-window/asis-directorgeneral-nick-warner-cops-mem-fox-treatment-at-us-

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Australia's equivalent of CIA director endures the full treatment at US border. [View all] MelissaB Mar 2017 OP

That's funny, right there. MineralMan Mar 2017 #1

Side note, Wellstone ruled Mar 2017 #2

I'm sure that's true. Even now, I'm sure there MineralMan Mar 2017 #3

Ausies much like Wellstone ruled Mar 2017 #4

We went there via 61 to Duluth and north to Hwy 1. MineralMan Mar 2017 #5

Same trip,only pulling a Wellstone ruled Mar 2017 #10

Oh, my! And all we had was a beagle-basset doggie who MineralMan Mar 2017 #13

North Shore is a bit Wellstone ruled Mar 2017 #15

Well, we live in the northeast corner of St. Paul. MineralMan Mar 2017 #16

Especially South St Paul at the River. Wellstone ruled Mar 2017 #18

Fortunately, both my wife and I work at home, so MineralMan Mar 2017 #19

Way to go. Wellstone ruled Mar 2017 #20

"Mom, he's touching me!" Hortensis Mar 2017 #14

In my family, as a kid, it was "Mom! Brother's LOOKING at me!" MineralMan Mar 2017 #17

Oh, yes! "He's LOOKING at me again!" Hortensis Mar 2017 #21

Lots of Aussies in the LA area for Disneyland, etc., too. MineralMan Mar 2017 #7

It already has. Tourism is down already, and promises to keep dropping. nt tblue37 Mar 2017 #8

Here in Vegas, Wellstone ruled Mar 2017 #11

The former prime minister of Norway, also with a diplomatic passport, was tblue37 Mar 2017 #6

We're pretty stupid and insular in the United States, it seems. MineralMan Mar 2017 #9

wow.. stillcool Mar 2017 #12