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On the Border
Mark Rasch, 2008-03-20

Recently, I was going through an airport with my shoes, coat, jacket, and belt off as well as with my carry-on bag, briefcase, and laptop all separated for easy inspection. I was heading through security at the Washington D.C., Ronald Reagan National Airport in Arlington, Virginia, or "National" as we locals call it. As I passed through the new magnetometer which gently puffed air all over my body -- which to me seems to be a cross between a glaucoma test and Marilyn Monroe in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes -- a TSA employee absent-mindedly asked if he could "inspect" my laptop computer. While the inspection was cursory, the situation immediately gave me pause: What was in my laptop anyway?

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On the Border 2008-03-20
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A Canadian
This reminded me of a somewhat similar situation involving a local student entering the United States at a land border crossing. He wasn't told whether his laptop contents were copied, but I would bet they were. He never was allowed to get to the airport, but was finally allowed to return to Canada after 12 hours of questioning.
The story is linked below from a local newspaper.
http://www.fftimes.com/node/80056

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