[Thud]

The witness said he and his wife were both asleep. You might try reading the story before challenging the posts about it.

"Jones said he and his wife were sleeping when they were awakened by knocking on the side of the boat."

The hour suggests a safety check was the justification and that they were looking for something else. There is a difference between 6-8 pm, and after 10 pm.

An El Al security specialist said that the Transportion Department's airline security check procedure was not effective save as a system for annoying people.

Coast Guard searches like this one - late at night as opposed to 6 am - 8 pm - arouse hostility and resistance by the law-abiding, and so are detrimental to real security.

[GodBlessUSA]

What were the exact circumstances? The article leaves that out. I don't draw conclusions on one side of a story. Many comments are based on conjecture from comments two men made to a newspaper.

[Ramius]

Coast Guard searches like this one - late at night as opposed to 6 am - 8 pm - arouse hostility and resistance by the law-abiding, and so are detrimental to real security.

That's also why it would not be done lightly or without a pretty good reason. There was something else going on. I don't believe that this dude's story is the whole story.

[Doctor Stochastic]

Coast Guard searches like this one - late at night as opposed to 6 am - 8 pm - arouse hostility and resistance by the law-abiding, and so are detrimental to real security.

Which is the problem with most LEA abuses.