judiciary.senate.gov - 8/1/2008
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June 20, 2008 NOTICE OF SUBCOMMITTEE HEARING TIME CHANGE TO 9:00 a.m. The hearing on âLaptop Searches and Other Violations of Privacy Faced by Americans Returning from Overseas Travelâ scheduled by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution for Wednesday, June 25, 2008 in the Senate Dirksen Office Building, Room 226 will begin at 9:00 a.m. rather than the ...
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Tell The Bush Administration: Hands Off My Laptop
Think Progress —
... What to do next? The Post reports that Senator Russ Feingold, who called the recent hearing, intends to introduce legislation to require reasonable suspicion and bar racial profiling for laptop searches. In addition, join the “ ...
"Hands Off My Laptop"
Daily Kos —
... ...The Post reports that Senator Russ Feingold, who called the recent hearing, intends to introduce legislation to require reasonable suspicion and bar racial profiling for laptop searches. In addition, join the " ...
Note To DHS: Searching A Laptop Is Not The Same As Searching A Backpack
Think Progress —
... Counselor for Privacy, working on encryption policy and other issues.
The Department of Homeland Security has offered a new, unconvincing argument for why they can conduct border searches, and take travelers’ laptops and other electronic devices without needing any reasonable suspicion or probable cause. The public needs to help Homeland Security understand why they’re wrong.
The background: Senator Russ Feingold held the first Congressional hearing on border laptop searches on June 25, and I testified about the many reasons such ...
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