>A friend of mine, who is English but has been living and working in
>California for the past 10 years, was scheduled to go as part of a team to
>see Boeing, about something that wasn't even space related, and certainly
>didn't come under ITARS.  When they found out he didn't have a US passport
>they wouldn't even let him past the gates into their site - his colleagues
>went in to the meeting and he had to kill time outside until they could
come
>out and brief him on what had been said.

Now imagine the hoops I went through, coming into Lockheed, on the
previously mentioned project, but bearing a New Zealand passport ...

At least I warned everyone in advance, and suitable arrangements were made,
I cannot have been a threat, as we keep any nuclear powered, and possibly
nuclear armed ships out of NZ :))

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