How to tell if your hotel guest is a Terrorist

DHS is using your tax dollars to come up with this nifty list of how to tell if a hotel guest list is a terrorist.  I'll bet you have done some of these yourself.  (Don't go call DHS and turn yourself in, yet!)

• Not providing professional or personal details on hotel registrations—such as place of employment, contact information, or place of residence.
• Using payphones for outgoing calls or making front desk requests in person to avoid using the room telephone.
• Interest in using Internet cafes, despite hotel Internet availability.
• Non-VIPs who request that their presence at a hotel not be divulged.
• Extending departure dates one day at a time for prolonged periods.
• Refusal of housekeeping services for extended periods.
• Extended stays with little baggage or unpacked luggage.
• Access or attempted access to areas of the hotel normally restricted to staff.
• Use of cash for large transactions or a credit card in someone else’s name.
• Requests for specific rooms, floors, or other locations in the hotel.
• Use of a third party to register.
• Multiple visitors or deliveries to one individual or room.
• Unusual interest in hotel access, including main and alternate entrances, emergency exits, and surrounding routes.
• Use of entrances and exits that avoid the lobby or other areas with cameras and hotel personnel.
• Attempting to access restricted parking areas with a vehicle or leaving unattended vehicles near the hotel building.
• Unusual interest in hotel staff operating procedures, shift changes, closed-circuit TV systems, fire alarms, and security systems.
• Leaving the property for several days and then returning.
• Abandoning a room and leaving behind clothing, toiletries, or other items.
• Noncompliance with other hotel policies.