Friday Squid Blogging: Two-Man Giant Squid

The text is a personal commentary criticizing escalating government surveillance and biometric controls on travelers in the U.S., referencing media coverage and figures such as Snowden, Assange, and Craig Murray to argue that such developments were foreseeable. Citing the rollout and expansion of foreign visitor fingerprinting since 2004 and perceived media complicity, the author explains their decision to avoid travel to the U.S., concluding with a warning about incremental encroachments on civil liberties.