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posted by Fnord666 on Friday April 05 2019, @07:59AM   Printer-friendly
from the no-one-is-immune dept.

Former Mozilla CTO Andreas Gal has filed a complaint against US customs agents for aggressive interrogation and demanding the passcodes for his phones and laptops and denying him access to an attorney. His expedited Global Entry status was revoked for allegedly refusing to comply with the search. Andreas and the ACLU are requesting an investigation into the incident. He works for Apple these days.


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  • (Score: 3, Touché) by shortscreen on Friday April 05 2019, @05:06PM (1 child)

    by shortscreen (2252) on Friday April 05 2019, @05:06PM (#825003) Journal

    The guy with the gun may be someone who is very much AGAINST the law. (example Ruby Ridge) Who thinks they are above the law. Above the court system. They are "free" and a law unto themselves. Except they are happy to take advantage of the things that everyone else pays for. Yet they are delusional enough to think the laws just don't apply to them. Or that they ARE the law. There is a mixture, they don't all come in a single flavor.

    that's the FBI, this is about Customs

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 06 2019, @10:20AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 06 2019, @10:20AM (#825334)

    Yes, but customs holds sway 100 miles in from all US borders. Think on that.

    When traveling through Texas, I was stopped at such a US Customs "in country" control point. It was literally 50 or more miles from the border. In some countries, that'd be the entire country. ;P

    Yet there they were, permanent check-point, guns and customs ready to search anyone they wanted. I was questioned (Are you American, what are you doing here, any drugs in your car), and allowed to pass unmolested. Well, other than the stop.

    I'm astonished that US citizens allow this to stand. It's mind boggling. I hold no sway over the US, as I'm not a citizen and was only visiting -- and, if I visit China I don't complain to them about their laws either, and generally only comply.

    But... that's crazy. I'd go bananas if that happened here.