Yosemite Sam - what is more likely - a secret program to harvest people medical files and then openly use them at customs, or that border agents sometimes google people? You think they can't? You think they can only use billion $$$ programs developed by the NSA?

I *know* they google people. There was a Dutch Industrial band called Grendal that tried to sneak into the US from Canada using a tourist visa sometime around 2004-2005. They got stopped randomly at the border, and an agent saw a couple of their CD's in their luggage (like 10 copies of the same album - not a huge number but more than a couple of people would likely have). He looked up the band on the web, went to their bio page and saw their pictures. They ended up being banned from the US for like five years or something.

I'm not saying they spend the time to do that for everyone, but I am sure that for a sample of people it happens. Also, it is well known that airlines flying in from abroad are required to provide passenger lists. Googling someone needs not happen as that person walks up to the desk, or even onsite. It could be done ahead of time halfway across the planet.

Finding information out about people coming into the country IS THEIR JOB. You really think they wouldn't use google?

And have you googled Ellen Richardson? You don't have to wade through 'pages and pages of internet crap'. Her website is the very first hit!