Canadian border guards have secret access to a US "anti-terror" database of 680,000 names
by Cory Doctorow from on (#3STCX)
Canadian border guards' terminals give them secret access to Tuscan, a database maintained by US spy agencies of suspected terrorists; the database has some 680,000 names in it and if you match one of those names, Canadian border and immigration officials are empowered to "detain, interrogate, arrest and deny entry" to you. (more")