Michael Yon Arrested. In America.

Renowned American independent war correspondent Michael Yon has been arrested in Seattle. Not in Iraq. Not in Indonesia. Not in Afghanistan. Seattle.

Why? Because he refused to tell an airport security guard his annual income. From Yon's Facebook page:

Got arrested at the Seattle airport for refusing to say how much money I make. (The uniformed ones say I was not "arrested", but they definitely handcuffed me.) Their videos and audios should show that I was polite, but simply refused questions that had nothing to do with national security. Port authority police eventually came -- they were professionals -- and rescued me from the border bullies.

I have personally heard lots of anecdotal evidence over the years that the US border guards are possibly the rudest in the world. And I have first hand experience. Although I was not arrested, I was rudely interrogated by a US customs buffoon in San Francisco some years ago after I flew in from Ottawa for my job. He demanded I justify myself as a Canadian taking work away from someone in America. That I was working on a contract under NAFTA eluded him.

And going into Boston I have encountered one loutish security guard after another. I have never seen such treatment at any other border except the US.

Buffoons and louts at US customs. Yeah, that'll stop the terrorists. Helluva job there, boys.