Entry into the USA

On my way back from the UK the other day, I happened to peruse the questions that were asked on the visa waiver form for UK residents entering the USA. There's a strange mix of questions that I am sure raise some eyebrows amongst the applicants. Still we as Americans can rest soundly in our beds knowing that we are weeding out the ‘bad guys’ as they try to gain entry to the country. Question C is particularly good, it asks the applicant:

"Have you ever been or are you now involved in espionage or sabotage; or in terrorist activities; or genocide; or between 1933 and 1945 were involved, in any way, in persecutions associated with Nazi Germany or its allies?"

That's how we catch them - those unsuspecting would-be terrorists check the wrong box and the authorities swoop in!

I wonder how many people have responded in the positive to this question. The other questions were similar – things of a nefarious nature that you would never own up to if you wanted to come to the USA.

At least now there wasn’t any question about membership in the Communist Party. I seem to recall in my earlier visa applications for the US there was a question about this, and presumably if you answered yes, then you were in for a lot of trouble.