Cryptographers and U.S. Immigration

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 	"When the government fears the people, you have liberty.
 	 When the people fear the government, you have tyranny."
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http://www.schneier.com/crypto-gram-0407.html#3

Cryptographers and U.S. Immigration

Seems like cryptographers are being questioned when they enter the U.S. 
these days. Recently I received this (anonymous) comment: "It seems that 
the U.S. State Department has a keen interest in foreign cryptographers: 
Yesterday I tried to renew my visa to the States, and after standing in 
line and getting fingerprinted, my interviewer, upon hearing that my 
company sells [a cryptography product], informed me that "due to new 
regulations," Washington needs to approve my visa application, and that to 
do so, they need to know exactly which companies I plan to visit in the 
States, points of contact, etc. etc. Quite a change from my last visa 
application, for which I didn't even have to show up."

I'm curious if any of my foreign readers have similar stories. There are 
international cryptography conferences held in the United States all the 
time. It would be a shame if they lost much of their value because of visa 
regulations.

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