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Re:DHS uses travel as pretext for search of researcher and j... by landemva on Thursday September 28, 2023 @03:34PM (#37694609)
> TSA used that Subpeona as part of the detainment criteria

TSA has no authority to detain anyone. You can literally walk away.

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Re:DHS uses travel as pretext for search of researcher and j... by lokar on Thursday September 28, 2023 @03:39PM (#37694682)
The article is unclear but it’s safe to assume he was detained by immigration.
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Re:DHS uses travel as pretext for search of researcher and j... by eventhorizon77 on Thursday September 28, 2023 @07:18PM (#37697235)
I read a different article that reported he was returning to the U.S. from Japan. So definitely it was immigration authorities.
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Re:DHS uses travel as pretext for search of researcher and j... by vorpalhex on Friday September 29, 2023 @12:30PM (#37706590)
That is incorrect. TSA absolutely has full legal authority in the federal area of an airport including detainment and arrest. They are federal agents and past the security gates is federal area.

Immigration also has detainment authority. According to BleepingComputer it was actually CBP (Border Patrol, not ICE).

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