Good points. Where would you have run-off to? You can bet that if you did do
that, it would have stepped up the investigation. This accomplishes the same
thing as the questioning itself. Would they have to chase you? Yes. But they
know what you look like, know the car you drive, know your credit card
numbers, etc. As George posted, they would have accomplished part of their
mission to foil your plan and you can be sure they would have started the
process to get your name out in their network.

You're assuming that the agent intended to arrest you on the spot if you
were a terrorist. Believe me, if that was the case, you would have had a
much more exciting tale to tell. Listen, I understand that I may be wrong
and I won't bet my life that I'm right but from conversations with good
friends in that field and others who work for the Dept of Homeland Security,
I personally would not underestimate their procedures. Especially after they
went through a major overhaul of these procedures post 9/11.

Bottom line is that this is a weeding-out process that worked. You had a
minimal "hassle" and they redirected their efforts. I say "minimal" because
I compare your discussion with other countries' versions of "discussions."

Marco

"Michael" wrote in message
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"Marco Leon" mleon(at)optonline.net wrote
Yeah, and he was having my apartment watched. And my truck was being
tailed when he called me that morning. Sure. You keep telling
yourself that.

As for me, I call bull****.

You can call it anything you want. What you describe would have happened
AFTER you screwed up one of your answers.

You are completely missing the point. Had I been an actual terrorist,
the meeting at which I answered his questions would never have taken
place. When I saw the card on the door I would have bolted. Unless
my apartment was being watched, I would have made my getaway.

Even if I were a particularly bold terrorist who was dumb enough to
think the card was there for other reasons, once the FBI agent told me
I was under suspicion for terrorism I would have bolted. I would have
made my apppintment for lunchtime, just as I did then, and kept on
driving. When he showed up three hours later, I would have been long
gone.

And therein lies the point. If I were a real terrorist, I would be
long gone unless I was a total moron. What the FBI agent did could
not possibly be of any use in catching a real terrorist who is not a
total moron - all it's good for is hassling regular law-abiding
citizens. Which is all the anti-terrorist measures implemented after
9/11 ever succeed in doing.

Michael



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