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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. federal agents have been given new powers to seize travelers' laptops and other electronic devices at the border and hold them for unspecified periods the Washington Post reported on Friday.
Under recently disclosed Department of Homeland Security policies, such seizures may be carried out without suspicion of wrongdoing, the newspaper said, quoting policies issued on July 16 by two DHS agencies.
Agents are empowered to share the contents of seized computers with other agencies and private entities for data decryption and other reasons, the newspaper said.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080801/...y_laptops_dc_2
Okay, first of all, the 4th amendment doesn't apply when you cross the US border, so I'm actually surprised that this 'law' only came into effect now.
BUT, how much time are they going to waste scanning through laptops only to find absolutely nothing?