Americans are so enslaved now that Americans don't care if the CIA tortures, but Americans lose their minds if the media reports the story.
Why was Martin Luther King arrested if he was a government agent?
In Rome in 1990, we arrived at about the same time as several other wide body jets from the US. There was insufficient staff to process everyone, and the line was incredibly long, so a passport control lady stood on a table and waved us all in. No check of anything. Welcome to Italy, Americans, please spend money.