• exanime@lemmy.today
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    7 months ago

    They would need access to the airports CCTV to determine that I did not actually board the flight.

    Hmmm, no they can just ask the airline. They keep track of who boarded and that information is not protected or privileged at all

    I’d give you kudos for the creativity, this would make a great scene in a Jack Reacher episode as long as the plot moves on so the audience doesn’t have to time to linger on it

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      7 months ago

      I would agree if it were domestic agents, but if airlines will comply if a foreign agent just asks for it, then that is somewhat concerning since its a multinational corporation freely handing over information on private individuals to authorities that don’t have local jurisdiction without so much as a warrant.

      Like unless the foreign agents are working in cooperation with the local government, I don’t think for example, an agent of CSIS could walk into an airport in Tokyo and just ask them where Marcus D. Walton flew to or to see their security tapes and expect to get an answer from Japan Airlines without a shit load of red tape.

      More likely, that would get them arrested and questioned as to why they’re conducting an illegal investigation of a private individual on foreign soil and probably be seen as an international incident creating a lot of friction between the two nations.

      I expect you probably missed that the question denotes foreign agents so no worries.

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        7 months ago

        But then why buy the ticket at all? How are foreign agents going to get your credit card purchase? Just leaving the car in the airport should be enough

        I expect you probably missed that the question denotes foreign agents so no worries.

        You are right on that, I read “agents” and missed the foreign part

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          7 months ago

          But then why buy the ticket at all? How are foreign agents going to get your credit card purchase? Just leaving the car in the airport should be enough

          This is an excellent point and someone else pointed out that it wouldn’t be necessary.

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      7 months ago

      Hmmmm, no that will still take hours or days and he’ll be long gone. The boarding log or the cctv doesn’t make a difference