Comments on: Ninth Circuit OKs Laptop Searches at the Border http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/ninth_circuit_oks_laptop_searches_at_the_border/ Online Journal of Politics and Foreign Affairs Thu, 26 Nov 2009 13:18:15 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: c. lelamd http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/ninth_circuit_oks_laptop_searches_at_the_border/comment-page-1/#comment-343694 c. lelamd Wed, 23 Apr 2008 20:20:43 +0000 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/2008/04/ninth_circuit_oks_laptop_searches_at_the_border/#comment-343694 a camera or a laptop may contain a persons creative work .these are considered intellectual property and the search of and possible theft of could cost the owner a fortune . it has been shown time after time that not all federal agents are trustworthy. many are in fact low down thieving snakes in the grass. when the federal government can control thier own agents they should be allowed to surf other peoples laptops. not before a camera or a laptop may contain a persons creative work .these are considered intellectual property and the search of and possible theft of could cost the owner a fortune . it has been shown time after time that not all federal agents are trustworthy. many are in fact low down thieving snakes in the grass. when the federal government can control thier own agents they should be allowed to surf other peoples laptops. not before

]]> By: Tim http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/ninth_circuit_oks_laptop_searches_at_the_border/comment-page-1/#comment-343640 Tim Wed, 23 Apr 2008 18:26:04 +0000 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/2008/04/ninth_circuit_oks_laptop_searches_at_the_border/#comment-343640 Of course a government has the right as part of enforcing a border (if such a wild concept was actually done) to search persons coming in for contraband. It's not a search as it is a condition of entry. The fact is a person seeking entry doesn't have to consent. They can refuse and walk away. That of course means they walk back into the country where they were at. If a person seeks entry through a port of convienance, say at an airport and is thus already on American soil, they have thus given permission to search as having entered into the country. As to the argument that the founders didn't mention searches at the border, perhaps it's because it seems so very obvious and is within the tradition of all countries to inspect those and their property as a condition of entry. Of course a government has the right as part of enforcing a border (if such a wild concept was actually done) to search persons coming in for contraband.

It's not a search as it is a condition of entry.

The fact is a person seeking entry doesn't have to consent. They can refuse and walk away. That of course means they walk back into the country where they were at. If a person seeks entry through a port of convienance, say at an airport and is thus already on American soil, they have thus given permission to search as having entered into the country.

As to the argument that the founders didn't mention searches at the border, perhaps it's because it seems so very obvious and is within the tradition of all countries to inspect those and their property as a condition of entry.

]]> By: Brian http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/ninth_circuit_oks_laptop_searches_at_the_border/comment-page-1/#comment-343604 Brian Wed, 23 Apr 2008 17:14:27 +0000 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/2008/04/ninth_circuit_oks_laptop_searches_at_the_border/#comment-343604 What sort of rationale is required to make border searches exclusionary? Particularly of citizens. What sort of rationale is required to make border searches exclusionary? Particularly of citizens.

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