Maniac Fascism: Court Rules No Suspicion Needed for Laptop Searches at Border

Via: ACLU:

A federal court today dismissed a lawsuit arguing that the government should not be able to search and copy people’s laptops, cell phones, and other devices at border checkpoints without reasonable suspicion. An appeal is being considered. Government documents show that thousands of innocent American citizens are searched when they return from trips abroad.
“We’re disappointed in today’s decision, which allows the government to conduct intrusive searches of Americans’ laptops and other electronics at the border without any suspicion that those devices contain evidence of wrongdoing,” said Catherine Crump, the American Civil Liberties Union attorney who argued the case in July 2011. “Suspicionless searches of devices containing vast amounts of personal information cannot meet the standard set by the Fourth Amendment, which prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures. Unfortunately, these searches are part of a broader pattern of aggressive government surveillance that collects information on too many innocent people, under lax standards, and without adequate oversight.”

Note the :  “reasonable suspicion”, not “probable cause” the Courts are just as corrupt and bought and paid for as the rest of the Bile around us.

As the Police State net closes ever so tightly the key to winning is to travel with as less electronics as possible. Ok so you need the Lap top for a seminar in LA. overnight mail it to your hotel room.

As far as the cell phone goes, I would consider the DICKS taking it as a favor. Coffee and Donuts on me.