Feds can now take your Laptop and iPods without reason!

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According to new border search policies disclosed by the Department of Homeland Security, federal agents may take your laptop or other media devices for an “unspecified” period of time even without any suspicion of wrongdoing, in an effort to “prevent terrorism.”

Additionally, the officials may share any content of the laptop or device with other agencies or private companies for “language translation, data decryption or other reasons.”

Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff wrote last month in USA Today that “the most dangerous contraband is often contained in laptop computers or other electronic devices.” He recalled times where searches have uncovered “violent jihadist materials” and hard drives full of child pornography.

Full Policy here

http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/travel/admissability/search_authority.ctt/search_authority.pdf