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“Laptop seizures at customs cause thorny legal dispute”
By Katie Johnston | GLOBE STAFF JANUARY 08, 2012
SNIPPET: “David House took his laptop to Mexico a little over a year ago...”
SNIPPET: “House, who worked at MIT until last summer, had his laptop seized when he changed planes in Chicago on his way to Boston because federal agents wanted to learn more about his connections to Bradley Manning, the US Army private who leaked classified government information to the website WikiLeaks. House met Manning at a hackers’ workshop at Boston University in early 2010 and helped to found a support network to raise money for him after he was imprisoned.
The government kept House’s computer for 49 days, during which government agents had access to contact information for donors and House’s bank account passwords and family photos, as well as coding he had done in Mexico.”
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08 January 2012, 12:43 #1
Aaron
“If you’re going to mingle with traitors...”
SNIPPET: “Laptop seizures at customs cause thorny legal dispute
There are actually no thorns in this legal dispute. Multiple court decisions have upheld the right of the USA to examine laptops and other electronic devices at ports of entry, and that includes the CBP checkpoint at the airport you land at.”