<story><title>Documents Shed Light on Border Laptop Searches</title><url>https://www.aclu.org/blog/technology-and-liberty-immigrants-rights-national-security/documents-shed-light-border-laptop</url><text></text></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>grey-area</author><text>Is the best strategy here to leave your devices at home and just bring a burner phone on holiday or other travels and no other devices?&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#x27;s strange as an ordinary citizen who might choose to contribute to someone like Manning&amp;#x27;s defence fund, or post statements supportive of Snowden online, to have to consider that GCHQ or the Homeland Security might put your name on a list for questioning and confiscation at the border, requiring drastic action like this.&lt;p&gt;Given the abuse of them in many countries including the US and UK (which was inevitable), I can&amp;#x27;t see any case for these powers of arbitrary detainment and confiscation to be given to the police in any country.</text></comment>
<story><title>Documents Shed Light on Border Laptop Searches</title><url>https://www.aclu.org/blog/technology-and-liberty-immigrants-rights-national-security/documents-shed-light-border-laptop</url><text></text></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>revelation</author><text>Obviously the officials involved in this case were let go, right?
Because who would enter into an official database that they want to abuse border searches to search an &lt;i&gt;attorney&lt;/i&gt; for a person in an ongoing case with the government, and for that &lt;i&gt;exact&lt;/i&gt; reason?</text></comment>