All this does is clarify and establish written guidelines regarding the search and seizure of electronic gadgets. Previously to this guidance there really wasnt written and even now there are cases moving through the supreme court in deciding what constraints should be placed on electronic devices.
Upon returning to the United States the DHS has a huge amount of authority to search anything and everything in your pocession, literally anything they want to look at is open game. Please see http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/RL32399.pdf for an aoutdated but generally correct description of the search authority available to customs officials. Any officer of the customs may at any time go on board of any vessel or vehicle at any place in the United States or within the customs waters or ... at any other authorized place ... and examine the manifest and other documents and papers and examine, inspect, and search the vessel or vehicle and every part thereof and any person, trunk, package, or cargo on board, and to this end may hail and stop such vessel or vehicle, and use all necessary force to compel compliance. I know a lot of people are stirred up and feel that this is a new broadening of search authority but in all reality it is a guidance where there was none before and limits the time that the DHS may keep your things. Herman Miller NSS 55273 On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 1:05 AM, David <[email protected]> wrote: > Is this for real ?? > > > http://tech.yahoo.com/news/pcworld/20090829/tc_pcworld/dhsclarifieslaptopbordercrossingruleswhatyouneedtoknow > > > This is caving related because many Texas cavers cross the border with > gadgets that store > data and photos. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Visit our website: http://texascavers.com > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > >
