Civil liberties groups continue to lock horns with the Department of Homeland Security over border searches of electronic equipment, although relatively few people have been affected. The Department’s statistics show that only 1,000 laptops were searched between October 2008 and August 2009, a time period in which more than 221 million travelers came through U.S. ports of entry. So why has the American Civil Liberties Union filed suit against the DHS over the issue?
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The PC Privacy Battle at the Border
Posted by: Richard Adhikari November 11, 2009 04:00 AMCivil liberties groups continue to lock horns with the Department of Homeland Security over border searches of electronic equipment, although relatively few people have been affected. The Department’s statistics show that only 1,000 laptops were searched between October 2008 and August 2009, a time period in which more than 221 million travelers came through U.S. ports of entry. So why has the American Civil Liberties Union filed suit against the DHS over the issue?