Posted on 07/21/2016 12:36:59 PM PDT by Swordmaker
Yeah, she should have come in through AZ in the dark of night, and no one would have bothered her.
(As I’m sure you know...) The Federal ports are still on US soil and the employees are still Federal Gov employees. Our constitutional rights define our rights as citizens, which do not require permission. The Federal Gov doesn’t get to say, “ah yes, but we decided that when we put up a building and call it a ‘Federal Port’ we no longer have to honor your rights”.
The only reason I consent to my baggage being searched when flying is due to the safety of everyone else WHILE TRAVELING. I’m given the choice of not flying if I don’t want to be searched. But once I’ve finished my travel and I’m just looking to prove my citizenship to pass through border security I’ve not consented to any of my constitutional rights being violated. I don’t understand this notion that the government can decide “exception zones to the Constitution” that have not been ratified by the people of the USA.
The idea of private documents being subject to “random searches” is an egregious violation of our rights regardless of where in the USA I am, *especially* including Federal buildings. Unless there’s some reasonable suspicion of a crime or immediate danger to others this is BS.
This goes further back than Obama, even prior to 9/11 before DHS came about border officials have had the law behind them to do whatever they choose to do. Most of the time they don’t press the envelope but it is there for them and has been for a long time. Before Customs came under Homeland Security they were under Treasury and had extraordinary legal leeway especially at the border even then.
Considering who she is and what she does I imagine the rest of the story is she was likely flagged in the computer for contacts she has that DHS is interested in. Possibly rightfully so. Some supervisor just decided not to press the issue so she was allowed to go her merry way.
If anything Obama being in charge likely is the reason her phones weren’t taken at least for a look through. His idea is no border security.
I personally think it is a good thing at the border. This is part of border security and if people have a problem with it they can work around it or not cross the border. I would not agree to the same thing if other than at the border. She was in Los Angeles but came in from another country so LAX was the border entry point for her.
Profiling someone with a muzzard name. I’m cool with that.
“Hmmm...these rules sound like IRS rules ie Were doing it because we can.”
The entire US Gubbimint is like a bunch of male dogs licking their balls BECAUSE THEY CAN! Time for President Trump to re-institure the Constitution and the Bill of Rights!
Its crazy. Americans have rights secured against infringement by the 1st and 4th Amendments. Allowing agents to search computers and devices without a warrant is an open door invitation to corruption, blackmail, and corporate espionage among other risks.
Is is the border. If you come in on an international flight, you are still in International-land until you pass through border patrol at Tom Bradley International Terminal (I go through it 6-7 times a year).
You are not legally in the US until you’re on the other side of the CBP officers lining the entrance hall. Yes, the International territory you are in is contained within the US, but it is not US territory.
That’s pretty much true at all International ports worldwide, no matter how far “inland” they may be. If you haven’t passed through border control, you’re still in International territory.
And there are a few places (like Toronto in Canada) where you actually go through US border control at the airport. Yes, you’re at the Toronto Airport, you’re surrounded by Canada - but you just passed through US border control and thus are now in US territory.
DHS should have sent her to Gitmo.
“Her name seems to indicate that she is a muckin Fuslim, so they were just doing their job.”
Actually, her name indicates she is of Lebanese Christian decent.
The “travel naked” comment is key ..... I never use the cloud, factory reset my gadgets before travel, emergency points of contact in my phonebook only. Consider using stacked VPN’s, PGP encrypted email, TOR browser, Tails which is a “live” OS. Also a virtual OS such as peppermint from lumbuntu. All this on a encrypted thumb drive like a ironkey.
These are tools that leave no footprint / data history etc on your gadgets or the thumb drive...... Sort of a digital protection suite for road warriors.
Just what I do...
If that is the case, my bad; mea culpa!
Most of us would not have a clue about how to do that. And what's a cloud?
One more reason to vote for Trump... get the filth out of Homeland “Security”...
Cloud is apples storage where almost everything you do is stored away from your device in case of loss or damage so you can get you data back. Never use it.Sort of a external hard drive in apples iCloud .
Factory reset is in the settings menu of most smart phones ..... fast and easy.
Your passport and your rights apply to your person at a border crossing. Everything else, including the underwear you are wearing, is what you are importing, and all imports are subject to inspection or seizure.
This is a common law concept and secure in our borders is the constitutional reference to this common law.
Or to flip your argument around, do you think that packages that are shipped to the United States should be exempt from customs inspection if they are going to a US citizen absent a warrant enabling the inspection? The only difference is your proximity to the property being imported.
It's a common legal fiction. Pearson airport in Canada has what is effecively (for search purposes) a US border inside an airport that is miles from a geographical border. Once through that, you will not encounter immigration or customs after exiting the plane in the US.
I’m pretty sure the inception of the concept for inspection, taxation and confiscation of property being imported goes back to around the time of the first border being declared, likely laws of a walled city.
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