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Old 06-29-08, 05:32 PM   #9 (permalink)
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Re: Laptop Searches in Airports Draw Fire at Senate Hearing

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Originally Posted by Diogenes View Post
Why is that different from searching your luggage?
Why is it different than searching your mail?
The default position is not that the govt has the right to do such things. Rather it is that the govt must justify doing such things.
If they want to run lapotops through anexplosives detector, thats just fine. If they want to have drug dogs sniff laptops, thats also fine.
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