[senthilnayagam]

if the TSA want to screw you, you are screwed Period

please read yesterdays post Detained in the US for “Visiting Thailand Too Much” http://www.richardbarrow.com/2013/08/detained-in-the-us-for-... discussion https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6276939

read the last couple of sentences

"Be careful about what you have on your laptop and memory card in your camera. They could search everything. The pictures of your kids taking a bath maybe interpreted in a different way by immigration officers. .... And certainly don’t buy any porno DVDs here in Thailand to take home. You have been warned. Don’t take this lightly."

edit: removed the context about pirated goods

[ubernostrum]

So... purchasing goods abroad which are illegal in the US, and then trying to import them into the US, may result in those goods being confiscated and you being made to pay a fine?

This is unprecedented in the history of everything!

[senthilnayagam]

hope you have read the article http://varnull.adityamukerjee.net/post/59021412512/dont-fly-...

TSA Officer “You can leave, but I’m keeping your bag.”

Aditha was speechless. My bag had both my work computer and my personal computer in it. The only way for me to get it back from him would be to snatch it back, at which point he could simply claim that I had assaulted him. I was trapped."

the issue faced by Adithya was not too different from what Miranda faced at UK airport last week

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-23750289

[ubernostrum]

Quoting your comment, to which I was replying:

"Be careful about what you have on your laptop and memory card in your camera. They could search everything. The pictures of your kids taking a bath maybe interpreted in a different way by immigration officers. The same goes for buying fake goods or pirated DVDs while on holiday in Thailand. Many people have said that in America and Europe these items have been confiscated and they were given a big fine. It’s not worth it so don’t buy any fake goods while on holiday in Thailand. And don’t copy any pirated movies onto your laptop. And certainly don’t buy any porno DVDs here in Thailand to take home. You have been warned. Don’t take this lightly."

If your intent was to bait-and-switch from "trying to bring pirated DVDs from Thailand gets you in trouble" (obvious) into this, perhaps you should have been less obvious about it.