A government office charged with defending civil liberties has declared that warrantless border searches of laptops do not raise civil liberties issues. The Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties at the Department of Homeland Security recently released an executive summary [PDF] of its findings, but it has refused to release the details of its analysis. The Fourth Amendment protects Americans
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