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DHS Detains Mayor of Stockton, CA, Forces Him To Hand Over His Passwords

Posted by timothy on from the they're-not-exactly-into-the-constitution dept.

schwit1 writes: Anthony Silva, the mayor of Stockton, California, recently went to China for a mayor's conference. On his return to San Francisco airport he was detained by Homeland Security, and then had his two laptops and his mobile phone confiscated. They refused to show him any sort of warrant (of course) and then refused to let him leave until he agreed to hand over his password.

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  1. Re: America by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    I'm sure that this person who has spent most of his life being a professional politician, will save us! He's totally different from all the other people who spent most of their lives being professional politicians. He said so on Twacegram+!