E-mail to the American Department of Homeland Security.

Erik Ribsskog <eribsskog@gmail.com>

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DHS TRIP Attention: Control number 2040389

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Erik Ribsskog <eribsskog@gmail.com>	Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 7:20 AM
To: trip@dhs.gov
Hi,   I can't see that I've received an answer to this e-mail yet, so I'm sending it again. Yours sincerely,   Erik Ribsskog ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Erik Ribsskog <eribsskog@gmail.com> Date: Aug 18, 2008 4:24 PM Subject: Fwd: DHS TRIP Attention: Control number 2040389 To: trip@dhs.gov   Hi,   I tried to track the control-number, belonging to my complaint, on your online complaint tracking service, and I got this result:   'Pending Paperwork DHS has received your application but has not received the required identification documents or the signed Acknowledge Page.  We are not able to process your application without this information.  Please submit these documents by Mail or Electronic Mail: US Mail Department of Homeland Security (TRIP) Re: 2040389 601 South 12th Street TSA-901 Arlington, VA 22202 Electronic Mail: trip@dhs.gov '.   I was wondering if you could please have a look at this problem, since I think I've sent you the information you require.   (I've also sent you an update on the comlaint, by the way, I'll include a copy of this update, in a PS).   Hope that you have the chance to have a look at this!   Sincerely, Erik Ribsskog   PS.   Here is a copy of the e-mail I sent you, with the update, from 8. august:   From: eribsskog@gmail.com Erik Ribsskog To: trip@dhs.gov Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2008 10:00:51 +0100 Subject: DHS TRIP Attention: Control number 2040389/Fwd: Complaint. Hi, I'm sending an update to my complaint with you. Like one can see, in the complaint I sent Lufthansa, there were some problems with the Immgration/holiday form. I wasn't given a form, by the Lufthansa-crew. So I tried to find a form, in Norwegian or English, by the passport-control. So I explained to the Detrot passport control staff, that I spoke Norwegian. Then one of the staff, screamed to me, 'Sprechen sie deutch'. But I have only picked up a bit of German, on holidays, so then I answered 'Nicht sehr gut', since I'm not used with writing og reading in German, I'm only used with talking a bit German, but not much at all. I've never learned German in school, for instance, I've only picked up a few words, on holiday in Switzerland, and from my co-study abroad students, on University of Sunderland, in 2004. So I was looking for an English form, since I've learned English at school, or a Norwegian form, since these are the only languages, that I've formally learned. But I was given a French(!) form, by the airport staff. I think they gave me the French form, in a way, to say that they thought I was gay, since I didn't want to fill out a German form. I overheard the staff, that asked me if I spoke German, talk about me, to the other staff, that I spoke fluently German, but didn't want a German form. So I think they started fucking with me, because of this incident with the form, and sent me back to Europe, and that the American Police, have in some way been involved in that I've been used as a target-guy, like I've overheard. That's what I think. Yours sincerely, Erik Ribsskog ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Erik Ribsskog <eribsskog@gmail.com> Date: Aug 8, 2008 9:42 AM Subject: Complaint. To: lufthansa@lufthansa.de Hi, on 25. February 2005, I went on a flight from Frankfurt to Detroit. On the flight, a Lufthansa officer, asked me which country I was from, and I said Norway, and then I wasn't given a US Imigration-form, like all the other passengers got. So then I got a bit of problems, in the passport-control, in Detroit, since there weren't any Norwegian or English forms there. They asked me if I spoke German, but I only speak a bit German, that I've learned on holidays etc., so then I was given a French form, by the Detroit passport-control officers, when I explained them, that I didn't speak that much German. And then, later, the Airport Police, refused me entry to the US, for some obscure reason. And then they also told me, that I had to go back to Europe, but that Lufthansa, didn't want to help, with getting back to Europe. So I was wondering about, and wanted to complain, about these things: 1. Why wasn't I given an imigration/holiday-form aboard the flight? 2. Why were Lufthansa unwilling to offer me a ticket back to Europe, (like the Detroit Airport Police explained to me)? I hope you have the chance to explain about these incidents, since I think they were a bit strange. Yours sincerely, Erik Ribsskog   ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Erik Ribsskog <eribsskog@gmail.com> Date: Aug 4, 2008 7:50 PM Subject: DHS TRIP Attention: Control number 2040389 To: trip@dhs.gov   Hi, I sent an online DHS TRIP complaint-form earlier today. And I'm enclosing a copy of the form, and two scans, from my passport. (Unfortunatly, I didn't have any ink on the printer now, so I just took a screen-shot, of the DHS TRIP form, and signed in Paint). Hope this is alright, please contact me if there is more information that is needed. Yours sincerely, Erik Ribsskog 3 attachments travel form signed.bmp 3001K scan0001.gif 1357K scan0002.gif 1926K

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