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US-Born NASA Scientist Detained At The Border Until He Unlocked His Phone (theverge.com)
Sidd Bikkannavar works at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. After racing solar-powered cars in Chile, he had trouble returning to America.
mspohr quote The Verge:
Bikkannavar says he was detained by U.S. Customs and Border Patrol and pressured to give the Customs and Border Protection agents his phone and access PIN. Since the phone was issued by NASA, it may have contained sensitive material that wasn't supposed to be shared. Bikkannavar's phone was returned to him after it was searched by CBP, but he doesn't know exactly what information officials might have taken from the device...
The officer also presented Bikkannavar with a document titled "Inspection of Electronic Devices" and explained that CBP had authority to search his phone. Bikkannavar did not want to hand over the device, because it was given to him by JPL and is technically NASA property. He even showed the officer the JPL barcode on the back of phone. Nonetheless, CBP asked for the phone and the access PIN. "I was cautiously telling him I wasn't allowed to give it out, because I didn't want to seem like I was not cooperating," says Bikkannavar. "I told him I'm not really allowed to give the passcode; I have to protect access. But he insisted they had the authority to search it."
While border agents have the right to search devices, The Verge reports that travelers aren't legally required to unlock their phones, "although agents can detain them for significant periods of time if they do not." They also report that Bikkannavar "was not allowed to leave until he gave CBP his PIN," adding that the cybersecurity team at JPL "was not happy about the breach."
The officer also presented Bikkannavar with a document titled "Inspection of Electronic Devices" and explained that CBP had authority to search his phone. Bikkannavar did not want to hand over the device, because it was given to him by JPL and is technically NASA property. He even showed the officer the JPL barcode on the back of phone. Nonetheless, CBP asked for the phone and the access PIN. "I was cautiously telling him I wasn't allowed to give it out, because I didn't want to seem like I was not cooperating," says Bikkannavar. "I told him I'm not really allowed to give the passcode; I have to protect access. But he insisted they had the authority to search it."
While border agents have the right to search devices, The Verge reports that travelers aren't legally required to unlock their phones, "although agents can detain them for significant periods of time if they do not." They also report that Bikkannavar "was not allowed to leave until he gave CBP his PIN," adding that the cybersecurity team at JPL "was not happy about the breach."
Poor pwecious alt right snowflake. How dare courts question decrees or act as a check on the power of the executive
The world's burning. Moped Jesus spotted on I50. Details at 11.
There is legal precedent and explicit, clearly written law that says the President has just such power for the reasons the President stated. The judge who made the original decision is a vicious leftist hack and the 9th circuit court is no better.
This is a decision by people trying to get petty political gains and not caring how many people are killed as a result. They are worse than murderers, because they are not even risking their own lives.
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I am a white male and ive had to go through the enhanced screening. I am still confused as to why they choose mean instead of a nignog or shit skin.
Support your local school shooter, give them your firearms.
Actually jail is not that bad. I kind of wish I could go there to take a vacation sometimes. A quite place to read books, cooked meals 3x a day. Better than life with my wife :/
The President can make a determination on who gets to immigrate based on ANY CRITERIA WHATEVER. He doesn't HAVE to let ANYONE immigrate. That's a legal fact. Sorry to intrude reality on your sorry delusion.
The Ninth Circus arrogated a power they do not have. Proper response by the President would have been to call them out on it, defy their bullshit ruling, and prepare to take action against them for violating their oath of office to protect and defend the Constitution. The executive branch controls enforcement. Not the judicial.