DHS Watchdog OKs ‘Su ionless’ Seizure of Electronic Devices Along Border

[Winehole23]

The Department of Homeland Security’s civil rights watchdog has concluded that travelers along the nation’s borders may have their electronics seized and the contents of those devices examined for any reason whatsoever — all in the name of national security.


The DHS, which secures the nation’s border, in 2009 announced that it would conduct a “Civil Liberties Impact Assessment” of its su ionless search-and-seizure policy pertaining to electronic devices “within 120 days.” More than three years later, the DHS office of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties published a two-page executive summary of its findings.


“We also conclude that imposing a requirement that officers have reasonable su ion in order to conduct a border search of an electronic device would be operationally harmful without concomitant civil rights/civil liberties benefits,” the executive summary said.

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/201...rder-seizures/

[LnGrrrR]

Is there anything regarding civil liberties that goes too far for this country?

Oh wait, they removed the explicit images from the body scanners! I guess maybe if we all start putting nude pictures of ugly people on our phones and laptops...

[boutons_deux]

just say "security" or "terrorism" and govt can and does rape any Human-American rights, and corporations will gang rape happily, too.