Besides, the NSA has already read it.
Oh, and nobody who hasn't actually been searched has any standing because (maybe) there aren't a lot of searches going on every day (at the moment; I'm sure the court will actively monitor the practice for some magical number of too many to be reached). Of course, there aren't a lot of terror attacks every day, either, but, hey, logic only works so far, right?
And, of course, the policy is that "at the border'" means within 100 miles of an international border. For now.
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A disappointing decision, but not unsurprising.
The only sad part is the judge questioning the need to travel with electronic devices, after which he returned home on a horse and buggy waiting outside.
District Judge Upholds Government’s Right to Search Electronics at Border
Judge Edward R. Korman of the Eastern District of New York found that the government does not need reasonable suspicion to examine or confiscate a traveler’s electronic device.
Oh, and just to complicate matters, the definition of an "export" does not depend upon physical borders.
For example, I work for a U.S. company that is a subsidiary of a French company. While we are not a top secret facility (since our company is a foreign entity, we can't be), we do deal in confidential information, and some of our products fall under export controls.
Export controls can mean all sorts of things. For example, let's say that my co-worker Emilie wants to leave her office in England and come visit our facility in California. Before she is allowed to enter our facility, a couple of dozen security checks against various government databases need to be conducted, and additional checks need to be conducted if she is actually going to hook up her computer to our computer network.
While at our facility, Emilie will be granted particular levels of access. She may need to be accompanied at all times while in our building, or she may be able to move freely through certain areas of the building. Perhaps she will have access to certain areas of the building that I am not allowed to enter.
So one day Emilie and I are standing in the cafeteria at our building, getting tea from the Flavia machine. I then tell her something about one of our algorithms. Depending upon what I say, that conversation may be deemed an "export" under U.S. law, since Emilie is not a U.S. citizen or permanent resident.
QUESTION: What happens when the NSA decides that it needs to monitor THESE conversations?
Bin Laden has succeeded beyond his wildest dreams.