Regular readers know my complete and total disdain for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). An organization that is quite clearly gearing itself up for confrontation with the American public, rather than offering any meaningful protection from foreign “terrorists.” These folks think that because they have a big budget and a badge they do not have to abide by the Constitution. They have such little respect for the supreme law of the land that they claim they can search through travelers’ electronic items, and even confiscate them, based on a “hunch.” No, really.
Terrorists don’t take away freedoms. Governments take away freedoms…and ours is doing a damn good job of it.
From CBS:
WASHINGTON (CBSDC/AP) — U.S. border agents should continue to be allowed to search a traveler’s laptop, cellphone or other electronic device and keep copies of any data on them based on no more than a hunch, according to an internal Homeland Security Department study. It contends limiting such searches would prevent the U.S. from detecting child pornographers or terrorists and expose the government to lawsuits.
The 23-page report, obtained by The Associated Press and the American Civil Liberties Union under the U.S. Freedom of Information Act, provides a rare glimpse of the Obama administration’s thinking on the long-standing but controversial practice of border agents and immigration officers searching and in some cases holding for weeks or months the digital devices of anyone trying to enter the U.S.
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The author has a right to his own opinion,but I refuse to be outraged.Why? Because I'm a normal person who could care less if someone monitors what I do.Those who have a lot to hide should worry.
ReplyDeleteDear 10:10, you are espousing a position that a well behaved person should have no concerns about constant government monitoring and management. However what fail to appreciate is that you are also espousing a society in which there is little difference between incarceration and freedom. Is that what you really want?
ReplyDelete10:10 under that line of thinking you must have no locks on your doors, because you don't do anything wrong you have nothing to hide. You have the locks not because you're a bad person. But because there are people with bad intentions that will violate your privacy if given the opportunity. Man is inherently sinful and full of faults. That's why we protect our god given right to privacy via our constitution that our shadow government ignores. Our government if you haven't been under a rock the last three months have proven they can't be trusted with my personal information.
ReplyDeleteI'm just a comment provoker.I have no actual stance on this issue.If for instance I had mirrored the same viewpoint as 12:05 and 6:30 no one would have cared,nor would either of you responded to my comment.I do that from time to time just to get ya'll going.
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