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@jeffryhouse @pauloCanning Part of the dynamic here (not necessarily in Benjamin's case, but definitely in Laura Poitras') is that basic expectations of legality like those quoted here are flagrantly flouted.
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@jeffryhouse @pauloCanning So if someone photographs your address book and journal, copies data off laptop and camera, in a nominal customs investigation (all exceeding their legal authority), how do you assume they will also comply with other legal limits on their authority? salon.com/2012/04/08/u_s_filmmaker_repeatedly_detained_at_border/
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@jeffryhouse @pauloCanning "a military veteran, journalists, students, an artist, a NASA engineer, and a business owner. Several are Muslims or people of color. All were reentering the country from business or personal travel when border officers searched their devices." eff.org/press/releases/eff-aclu-media-conference-call-today-announce-lawsuit-over-warrantless-phone-and
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@jeffryhouse @pauloCanning Note that EFF and the plaintiffs won this lawsuit in Federal Court jolt.law.harvard.edu/digest/alasaad-v-mcaleenan-federal-district-court-rules-suspicionless-searches-of-smart-phones-at-u-s-ports-of-entry-unconstitutional but then lost on appeal in February (thus the Biden administration continued defending the pracitice). reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-privacy-idUSKBN2AA2AL