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Re:EFF, ACLU Sue Over Warrantless Phone, Laptop Searches at ... by 24gttghh on Friday September 22, 2017 @03:32PM (#15315047)
>They don't get to examine all the bits coming into the country over the Internet, and we certainly don't want to give them that power!

I believe the NSA already does this or it is within their 'jurisdiction'.

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Re:EFF, ACLU Sue Over Warrantless Phone, Laptop Searches at ... by alreadyhere on Friday September 22, 2017 @03:35PM (#15315080)
Yea, but the NSA doesn't man the borders, and nothing gives them the right to do that (as of now).
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Re:EFF, ACLU Sue Over Warrantless Phone, Laptop Searches at ... by cma on Friday September 22, 2017 @04:13PM (#15315386)
Without a court order:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_Intelligence_Surveilla...

They can do much more with a court order, and the court orders almost never get turned down.

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