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Israel Airport Security Allowed To Read Tourists' Email

wiredmikey writes "Israeli security officials at Ben Gurion airport are legally allowed to demand access to tourists' email accounts and deny them entry if they refuse, the country's top legal official said on Wednesday. Details of the policy were laid out by Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein in a written response to the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI), the group said in a statement. 'In a response dated April 24, 2013, the attorney general's office confirmed this practice,' ACRI said, quoting sections of the document which said it was only done in exceptional cases where 'relevant suspicious signs' were evident and only done with the tourist's 'consent'. 'Allowing security agents to take such invasive measures at their own discretion and on the basis of such flimsy "consent" is not befitting of a democracy,' commented Lila Margalit from ACRI."

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  1. Re:Article has Anti-Semitic Purpose by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Anti-Muslim sentiment while calling someone else a bigot.

    Bigots didn't let Muslims into Israel. As is typically the case with idiots like yourself, you seem to lack a basic understanding of history. They were already there!

    That's right! Muslims were living on the land that is now Israel before Israel existed! OMG! mindblown.gif

    Can we be done with these insane ideals now? Believing in figments of the imagination conjured up by a long dead people is just sad.

    The inclination of these groups to spread fear, ignorance and oppress others is getting old. Thankfully studies are beginning to show that, globally, belief in this nonsense is fading. Good riddance, you crazy bastards.