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A Southern California man has become the latest person to sue the federal government over what he says is an unconstitutional search of his phone at the Los Angeles International Airport.
According to his lawsuit, which was recently filed in federal court in Los Angeles, Haisam Elsharkawi had arrived at LAX on February 9, 2017 and was headed to Saudi Arabia to go on a hajj, the Muslim religious pilgrimage.
After clearing the security checkpoint, Elsharkawi, an American citizen, was pulled aside from the Turkish Airlines boarding line by a Customs and Border Protection officer, who began questioning him about how much cash he was carrying and where he was going. Elsharkawi complied with the officer's inquiries and dutifully followed him to a nearby table.
"As the questioning continued and became increasingly aggressive, Mr. Elsharkawi asked if there was a problem and whether he needed an attorney," the complaint states. "Officer Rivas then accused Mr. Elsharkawi of hiding something because of his request for an attorney."
Soon after, another agent, Officer Rodriguez, began searching Elsharkawi's pockets and discovered his phone. Rodriguez asked Elsharkawi to unlock his phone, which he declined to do. He then also refused to answer further questions without having an attorney present.
Another officer told Elsharkawi that he was not under arrest and as such had no right to an attorney—at which point he asked to be released.
(Score: 2, Informative) by nitehawk214 on Friday December 21 2018, @10:35PM (2 children)
So anyone with elevated blood pressure would not be allowed to fly?
I am sure there can be no possible repercussions of this.
"Don't you ever miss the days when you used to be nostalgic?" -Loiosh
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 22 2018, @01:10AM (1 child)
he is talking about saving more life's, high blood pressure is the silent killer, he did not talk about reducing annoyance
(Score: 1) by nitehawk214 on Wednesday January 02 2019, @05:12PM
Well, if high blood pressure causes you to have to drive instead of fly... and you are much more likely to be killed while driving then flying on a per-mile traveled basis... could you say high blood pressure killed them? :)
"Don't you ever miss the days when you used to be nostalgic?" -Loiosh