[cperciva]

It serves the same purpose as asking customers "are you a terrorist" -- it creates an easily prosecutable offence.

[stoperaticless]

Could you expand on why is it easily prosecutable?

I sense that it has something to do with lying in documents.

But hypothetically: if I write “no”. Proof of lying requires proof of terrorism. (At which point you did all the job of proving terorism, despite the document)

[rjsw]

If you ask it online then I guess it counts as wire fraud which may be easier to prosecute.

[dooglius]

Is terrorism not already an easily prosecutable offense?