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ACLU challenges USA's search and seizure of laptops, gadgets at border

The ACLU today announced that together with the New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU), and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, it has filed a lawsuit “challenging the [US] government’s claimed authority to search, detain, and copy electronic devices — including laptops, cell phones, cameras, etc. — at the country’s international borders without any suspicion of wrongdoing.”

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