Blackmoor Vituperative

What: A business traveler protests the warrantless search and seizure of his laptop by Homeland Security at the U.S.-Canada border.

When: 9th Circuit Court of Appeals rules on July 24.

Outcome: Three-judge panel unanimously says that border police may conduct random searches of laptops without search warrants or probable cause. These searches can include seizing the laptop and subjecting it to extensive forensic analysis.

(from Tech News on ZDNet, Police blotter: Laptop border searches OK’d)

If they can do it at the border, they can do it anywhere they want: one piece of US soil is just like another. It’ll get worse before it gets better.