Canadian journalist's detention at US border raises press freedom alarms

Re:Canadian journalist's detention at US border raises press... by grandimass on Friday December 02, 2016 @08:26PM (#13093691)

> if you wanted to maximize your border security... it's perfectly logical

If your threat model is that someone capable enough to take down a flight is dumb enough to keep "plan_to_takedown_flight_123ABC.pdf" on their laptop, then it's logical. Otherwise you're wasting resources and _minimizing_ your security.

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Re:Canadian journalist's detention at US border raises press... by wheelerwj on Friday December 02, 2016 @09:40PM (#13093970)

yea, it's a nice attempt to justify your actions, but when drug smuggling and gun running is conducted by federal agencies and the TSA fails 95% of bomb detection tests, you have to wonder what the actual goal is.

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Re:Canadian journalist's detention at US border raises press... by mrlyc on Saturday December 03, 2016 @03:33AM (#13094984)

I see the actual goal as showing the populace who is in charge as well as getting them used to searches and interrogation. Combined with the newly militarized police, it decreases the probability of another revolution.

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Re:Canadian journalist's detention at US border raises press... by 91bananas on Saturday December 03, 2016 @07:03AM (#13095381)

Tin foil hat and all, I actually agree

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