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Re:CBP is monitoring US drivers and detaining those with sus... by bbarnett on Thursday November 20, 2025 @03:45PM (#45997470)
While you're not wrong, not sure it applies here. This is an all-party thing:

Started about a decade ago to fight illegal border-related activities and the trafficking of both drugs and people, it has expanded over the past five years.

Some of the lawsuits (cited in article) to fight this, and illegal pull overs, go back years.

Really? It shows how this tech can be used in ways you don't like, when your party is no longer in power. How whatever laws you pass, surveillance you enact, powers you give, aren't just for you.

But also your political adversary.

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Re:CBP is monitoring US drivers and detaining those with sus... by potato3732842 on Thursday November 20, 2025 @08:05PM (#46000047)
Started 25yr ago when some dudes with poor aviation skills caused the checkbook to open up and the war on drugs was still going strong.

And even then it was smoldering for a long time before that. A good "start" point is probably the creation of the FBI.

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