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A comment on Snowden granted 1-year asylum in Russia, leaves airport. Parent comment

Re:Snowden granted 1-year asylum in Russia, leaves airport by lgbr on Thursday August 01, 2013 @08:34AM (#6139787)
Not quite, actually. The US has no passport control upon exit. You are free to leave the country without talking to any government officials.
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Re:Snowden granted 1-year asylum in Russia, leaves airport by snitko on Thursday August 01, 2013 @08:42AM (#6139814)
Interesting. So why did they check mine upon exit? I haven't indicated in any way I'm not a US citizen.
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Re:Snowden granted 1-year asylum in Russia, leaves airport by nknighthb on Thursday August 01, 2013 @08:45AM (#6139837)
Are you referring to transportation staff who checked your passport to ensure they weren't about to facilitate your illegal entry to another country?
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Re:Snowden granted 1-year asylum in Russia, leaves airport by lgbr on Thursday August 01, 2013 @08:52AM (#6139872)
If you leave via commercial airliner the TSA will check to see if the name on your identification (be it a passport, driver's license, or other) matches that on your boarding pass. They don't, however, check to see if you're allowed to leave the country like most other countries do. They've never scanned my passport into a computer like every other country (besides Canada) does.
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