by Steve Osborn

Well, I guess this is it.

"Federal agents may take a traveler's laptop computer or other electronic device to an off-site location for an unspecified period of time without any suspicion of wrongdoing, as part of border search policies the Department of Homeland Security recently disclosed."

The policies cover:

"any device capable of storing information in digital or analog form," including hard drives, flash drives, cellphones, iPods, pagers, beepers, and video and audio tapes. They also cover "all papers and other written documentation," including books, pamphlets and "written materials commonly referred to as 'pocket trash' or 'pocket litter.' "

In April, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit in San Francisco upheld the government's power to conduct searches of an international traveler's laptop without suspicion of wrongdoing.

All I can say is Adolph and Uncle Joe would be proud of these guys, and of the United States, whose government abandoned their Constitution  and Bill of Rights for Hitler's Enabling Acts with some new, even more draconian twists.

I fear the day will come when we'll meet in the camps.

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