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epitome · 09-01-2009, 10:38 PM

From another board:

NEW YORK ? The battle over laptop searches and seizures at U.S. border stations may have come to a head with the filing of a lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security.

The American Civil Liberties Union filed the suit in a New York District Court on Wednesday, citing constitutional problems with the DHS? insistence that laptops and personal digital assistants are no different than briefcases and suitcases and therefore may be searched at will. The ACLU seeks an accounting of all documents taken from digital equipment by Customs and Border Protection agents, a waiver of fees associated with copying the documents and compensation for the ACLU?s court costs and attorney fees.

?The ACLU believes that suspicionless searches of laptops violate the First and Fourth Amendments,? the lawsuit states.

ACLU Sues Feds Over Laptop Searches

(I love how people like to bitch about the ACLU ... but they are there to help each and every one of us on many issues)

09-01-2009, 10:38 PM
epitome So Fucking Lame Industry Role: Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: St. Petersburg, FL Posts: 12,158	The Feds may not be allowed to search your computer at the border soon... From another board: NEW YORK ? The battle over laptop searches and seizures at U.S. border stations may have come to a head with the filing of a lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security. The American Civil Liberties Union filed the suit in a New York District Court on Wednesday, citing constitutional problems with the DHS? insistence that laptops and personal digital assistants are no different than briefcases and suitcases and therefore may be searched at will. The ACLU seeks an accounting of all documents taken from digital equipment by Customs and Border Protection agents, a waiver of fees associated with copying the documents and compensation for the ACLU?s court costs and attorney fees. ?The ACLU believes that suspicionless searches of laptops violate the First and Fourth Amendments,? the lawsuit states. ACLU Sues Feds Over Laptop Searches (I love how people like to bitch about the ACLU ... but they are there to help each and every one of us on many issues)