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>I know you will flame me for bringing this up, but I am trying to protect you.

Flame, I should hope not; argue [in the philosophy-sense], sure.

>You need to know this in case you ever try to cross a border. Everything on your person, in your car, on your phone, computer, iPod....everything is subject to search. When they take a cursory look at your passport and wave you through they are choosing not to exercise that authority.

I’m not saying that they had no authority to search him; I *AM* saying that they should be able to give a reason for any [real] detainment or in-depth search that they perform; furthermore, they should be held to account for their barratry. ( Def #2 - http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/barratry )

At 0:27 when he asks “Does it matter?” was he being disrespectful, at all? {Would you react the same way if you were asked by a police officer where you were going, and you said ‘to get dinner’ and he asked where, and you said ‘KFC, Pizza Hut, I don’t know... does it matter?’ Also, would you expect the police officer to react in a similar fashion?}
At 2:00 is the request to know why unreasonable?

They don't have to tell you why you are referred to secondary. They don't have to tell you what their computer system says about you. Sometimes it is just random. They can decide to secondary every single person.

Regarding a police officer asking you where you are going, it depends on how that encounter starts. If he walks up to you on the street you don't have to talk to him. If he tells you to stop, then you are being detained and he has to have a reasonable suspicion that a crime has been committed (you match a vague description of a bank robber.) If he pulls you over for speeding and asks then it is probably in your best interests to give him some info, but you don't have to. Of course when talking to a police officer your 4th amendment and expectations of privacy are in affect.

There is no reason to continue with the interview or search. You have someone who is uncooperative, at a border crossing or point of immigration.

An uhinged person? Mental Case or just retarded? We don’t know until we investigate what their problem is.