Chilly Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 How ya doin? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ieatcrayonz Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 Plus this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 Plus this Chewbacca is a wookie so this won't help him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K-9 Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 How ya doin? I'm sure it's just a coincidence that an investigative reporter, having written certain articles, critical of certain things would have this happen. It's not like his name is on any list or anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bmwolf21 Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 I'm sure it's just a coincidence that an investigative reporter, having written certain articles, critical of certain things would have this happen. It's not like his name is on any list or anything. I've seen this elsewhere, so this isn't just him. Seems a lot of business travelers have been dealing with this for some time now. LINK LINK 2 LINK 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 I found this to be the most worrisome: The issue is what happens to the proprietary business information that might be on a laptop. Is information copied? My God, what are we becoming! Not That I think it is right... I always thought that AT THE BORDER (ie: customs), one finds themselves in a "No Man's Land" type situation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booster4324 Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 Where is the conservative outcry? We are at war (depends on who you ask) so we should seize random laptops? Gross violation of privacy even if legal IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booster4324 Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 Chewbacca is a wookie so this won't help him Screw the wookie, he is more than capable of taking care of himself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bmwolf21 Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 Screw the wookie, he is more than capable of taking care of himself. Why would a Wookiee, an eight-foot tall Wookiee, want to live on Endor, with a bunch of two-foot tall Ewoks? That does not make sense! But more important, you have to ask yourself: What does this have to do with this case? Nothing. Ladies and gentlemen, it has nothing to do with this case! It does not make sense! Look at me. I'm a lawyer defending a major record company, and I'm talkin' about Chewbacca! Does that make sense? Ladies and gentlemen, I am not making any sense! None of this makes sense! And so you have to remember, when you're in that jury room deliberatin' and conjugatin' the Emancipation Proclamation, [approaches and softens] does it make sense? No! Ladies and gentlemen of this supposed jury, it does not make sense! If Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit! The defense rests. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 Screw the wookie, he is more than capable of taking care of himself. Why would a Wookiee, an eight-foot tall Wookiee, want to live on Endor, with a bunch of two-foot tall Ewoks? That does not make sense! But more important, you have to ask yourself: What does this have to do with this case? Nothing. Ladies and gentlemen, it has nothing to do with this case! It does not make sense! Look at me. I'm a lawyer defending a major record company, and I'm talkin' about Chewbacca! Does that make sense? Ladies and gentlemen, I am not making any sense! None of this makes sense! And so you have to remember, when you're in that jury room deliberatin' and conjugatin' the Emancipation Proclamation, [approaches and softens] does it make sense? No! Ladies and gentlemen of this supposed jury, it does not make sense! If Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit! The defense rests. At least somebody got the reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ieatcrayonz Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 Where is the conservative outcry? We are at war (depends on who you ask) so we should seize random laptops? Gross violation of privacy even if legal IMO. I am far from a conservative but I don't think they'd be the ones complaining. Plus, it wasn't random. They targeted some commie. Commies always complain about being targeted. I'm not real big on commies so I don't really care but they should focus in on targeting hippies. Hippies are a subset of commies and I have to believe even the normal commies wouldn't mind seeing the hippies targeted. They give the bigger group a smelly name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bmwolf21 Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 At least somebody got the reference That's about all I can constructively add to most political discussions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanker Posted July 6, 2008 Share Posted July 6, 2008 Where is the conservative outcry? We are at war (depends on who you ask) so we should seize random laptops? Gross violation of privacy even if legal IMO. One abandon's the "right to privacy" when they exit the territorial control of the United States of America. One does not receive the fullness of their birthright Constitutional protections until they're back within the sovereign territory of the United States of America. One is not "in" the United States of America until one passes through Customs. One has NO rights when under the jurisdiction of the US Customs Department at one of America's borders - be it anywhere within the continental borders as long as it's at an international port of entry. Even if you're an American citizen and have all your documentation, they can deny you entry to the country if they want to - and for a variety of reasons. "Authorities need a search warrant to get at a computer in a person's home and reasonable suspicion of illegal activity to search a laptop in other places. But the rules change at border crossings. Courts consistently have ruled that there's no need for warrants or suspicions when a person is seeking to enter the country -- agents can search belongings, including computer gear, for any reason. The latest decision was from the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, which in April ruled that agents had acted properly when turning over information used to charge a traveler with possession of child pornography. His laptop had been searched in 2005 at Los Angeles International Airport. Any routine search is considered "reasonable" under the 4th Amendment, legal scholars agree. But Feingold is worried that the law has not kept up with technology." You might not like it, but them's the rules. That's one of the reasons so many American international travelers are so happy to get back into the country - because America is different than most of the rest of the world. We have protections here that are unknown in many other countries. They're precious, and are not to be trifled with - which I might add - would include extending their protections to non US citizens - especially ones that want to wipe their ass with our Constitution and turn the country into a radioactive cesspool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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