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ACLU Sues For Records On Border Laptop Searches
TechPolitik writes "The ACLU has sued the US Customs and Border Protection agency under the Freedom of Information Act, aiming to obtain records on the agency's policy of searching laptops at the border. Under the policy, the CBP can search through financial records, photos, and Web site histories, and retain that information for unspecified periods of time. The ACLU is arguing that the information is necessary to understand whether the CBP may be violating the Fourth Amendment, which protects against unreasonable and unwarranted searches. The agency has so far not responded to requests for comment."
got some news from you the socialist EU is 1000x worse
The problem is that both parties are going more and more towards a nanny state. Currently the libs have almost total control, so dont try and go blaming everything on Bush. Sure he wasn't completely clean, but Obama, who is the New Messiah of the Democrats, is looking to be worse. Funny how rapidly his public support is dropping now.
a year or two ago I would have somewhat felt inclined towards such statements. Not complete agrement but acknowledging that it has a point. The way things have been accelerating towards socialism in the US recently, it just scares me now.
So not only will the government have the contents of your laptop, but now so will the ACLU. I can't decide which is worse.
Oh yes I can -- the ACLU!
"It's the height of ridiculousness to say for those 9 lines you get hundreds of millions."
while you may not of gotten a warning while traveling within the EU im very sure they also look trough your computer.. witch they have no real right to do at all.. unless the FBI or interpol has you on a known terror list or pervert list theres no resin they ( EU or my gov USA ) has the right to know my private life and i fully aree with you our polliceys are gunna be our undoing its sad really i miss the clition era..
It seems to this foreigner that the US government needs to be told to pull it's fucking head in and act like a government - not the Gestapo.
Yes, because searching your laptop at the border is exactly the same as rounding up minorities and sending them to death camps. It's exactly the same as hanging enemies of the state with piano wire after "convictions" obtained in a kangaroo court. The United States Department of Homeland Security also operates without any form of judicial or legislative oversight and is answerable only to President Obama.
You raised good points in the rest of your post but this last comparison of yours is utterly absurd.
I want peace on earth and goodwill toward man.
We are the United States Government! We don't do that sort of thing.
offers completely unbreakable encryption.
Is there such a thing? Unfeasible encryption maybe, but all encryption, AFAIK, is breakable given substantial investments of time and money. Even if brute forcing it would take longer than the Earth will be around, there always is finding weak spots in the algorithms, which might, perhaps, bring the cracking time down to at least feasible time frames (albeit in mere geological time).
A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government. -edward abbey