Police Blotter: Laptop border searches OK'd

Not drugs - Everything: Many people simply don't want to believe that, when you enter
ANY country, you surrender ALL rights as far as search and
siezure. This has ALWAYS been the case, in every country in the
world for well past 20 years - more like forever.

Documents have always been subject to search. In the case of a
notebook, that would be simply be a newer method of retaining
documents.

By the way, another little understood fact is that you're just as
subject to search on leaving a country as you are on entering. In
teh case of the US, that's covered under ancient customs law
that requires an Export Declaration (and sometimes an Export
License) for just about anything of value.; Posted by: j.m.galvin Posted on: 07/27/06 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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WRONG! Linux User 147560 | 07/26/06

You are SO right Shelendrea | 07/27/06

That or the PGP version bitflippper1 | 07/27/06

Didn't I just read Roger Ramjet | 07/27/06

What we need then Michael Kelly | 07/27/06

Not like that j.m.galvin | 07/27/06

WTF? Shelendrea | 07/27/06

The Terrorists Have Won BlackDiamond | 07/27/06

Are you daft? SteveS_z | 07/27/06

Not drugs - Everything j.m.galvin | 07/27/06

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