Only in Amer... wait, no, this is NZ

[Lightspeed]

Backpacker stripped of tech gear at Auckland Airport

[madmaxii]

Looks like we are still Amerika's lacky.

[Odysseus]

five eyes seems also about being america's bitch.

what the fuck do we get in return from that agreement, anyway.

[Saladin]

Meh, this guy's no David Miranda or even Kim Dotcom. Looks like some nobody that got flagged for random search and is now trying to get his 15 minutes by claiming a tenuous link to Snowden.

I'm a distrustful of big brother as the next green voter, but do we really think they went after him because he went to one presentation?

[Dazza]

I don't get it, what is the end game. What are they trying to achieve? This would be severely disruptive to a lot of people's lives, they might as well ask him to hand in his wallet and freeze all his bank accounts

[Odysseus]

Originally Posted by Saladin

Meh, this guy's no David Miranda or even Kim Dotcom. Looks like some nobody that got flagged for random search and is now trying to get his 15 minutes by claiming a tenuous link to Snowden.

I'm a distrustful of big brother as the next green voter, but do we really think they went after him because he went to one presentation?

It's more than a random search - taking a bunch of his electronic equipment is hardly something that is done lightly.

[Ab]

Hmmm. Watching this one.