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Bill To Add Accountability To Border Laptop Search

Posted by kdawson on from the is-a-receipt-too-much-to-ask dept.

I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "Rep. Loretta Sanchez (D-CA) has introduced a bill that would add accountability to the DHS searches conducted upon the laptops of those crossing the border. Specifically, it would require the issue of receipts to those who had their property confiscated so that it could later be returned, would limit how long the DHS can keep laptops, would require them to keep the laptop's information secure, and would create a way to complain about abuse. Finally, the DHS would be required to keep track of how many searches were done and report the details to Congress. Rep. Sanchez also has also issued a statement about the proposed bill."

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  1. Re:Thumbdrives by larry+bagina · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    some dedicated terrorists did that with full size hard drives.

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  2. Re:no by Chibi+Merrow · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I wanted to go the US many years ago, visit New Orleans (pre-Katrina) and soak up the local culture.

    Then our border guards have done you a favor by preventing you from "soaking up" anything in that abysmal cesspool...

    Why anyone would travel thousands of miles to New Orleans purely for the sake of visiting New Orleans is beyond me...

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  3. Re:no by EaglemanBSA · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Makes you wonder about the kind of society America has become.

    There, fixed that for you.

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