A guy I went to school with in Geneva, was very active in left wing politics, organizing demos and other such stuff. When he got his Swiss citizenship he was given a look at his police file. In it were dozens of photos of him at demonstrations and meetings. Ok, not that surprising. But they also had photos of him hanging out with his girlfriend some random night in a park. He went to college at Stanford and was a leader of the student anti Gulf War movement. During one conversation with a senior university official, over a banned event, he assured them, falsely, that it was off. The official responded by quoting verbatim from a phone conversation he'd had the night before with another activist.

When I inquired about Swiss citizenship, in addition to explaining that my being white and not a 'fake white' from the south was an advantage, the official also said that I had should have no political issues, having only taken part in two demonstrations. All I did was attend - how the fuck did they know - maybe I signed something and that got into my records?