Tuesday, November 23, 2010

On the Media: Suspicionless Laptop Searches at the Border

Suspicionless Laptop Searches at the Border
On the Media (NPR)

... the American Civil Liberties Union and two other groups filed a lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security over its suspicionless border searches of electronic devices. While the government considers its authority to search laptops and PDAs to be consistent with its power over briefcases and backpacks, ACLU attorney Catherine Crump says that the nature of information on a personal laptop can make these searches unconstitutionally intrusive.

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