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Hotel staff will probably not wiretap your internet, but hotel internet is not provided by hotel staff. Instead, the company that provides hotel internet (usually some pay per minute thing) will wiretap you and send the full logs back to your home town in the form of a press release.
Alcohol depends on what part of US. For example, New York convenience stores do (but they don't call 'em convenience stores). But the beer selection sucks in NY. Midwest is weird. Some areas it flows like the river Ganges. Other places it's easier to buy a machine gun than a bottle of beer. You may need to go to a special store. But almost nothing in the US is as bad as Canada, where the government tells you what to drink. By the way, are you from Canada? We don't take kindly to your people around here...
Little knife is probably no problemo but the TSA has ultimate power within the air transport system, and they will basically take whatever they want and you cannot contest it (well you could fill out a billion forms and potentially go to some hearings to retrieve your $200 of allegedly missing merchandise, but if you're a business traveler your personal time is probably worth more than the amount determined by the USA PATRIOT Act, and anyway, what do you need that knife for, you terrorist. If it's something you really need, buy it here (protip: good knives are sold only over the internet).
They will probably not care about your laptop or USB drive, but it has happened. If you look at any kind of pron (which you do), it pays to remember that carrying any kind of "obscene material" into the US is against the law and they can basically do what they want with it (not sure where the actual laptop hardware stands, but I could use a lulzy story so why not ask the friendly customs agent on your way in).
Other than that, welcome to the USA, and don't mind the ass probe and retinal scan. It's for your own protection.
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