Hearing: Laptop Searches and Other Violations of Privacy Faced by Americans Returning from Overseas Travel
Laptop Searches and Other Violations of Privacy Faced by Americans Returning from Overseas Travel, Senate Judiciary Committee
Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Property Rights, June 25, 2008.
From the Statement of Senator Russ Feingold: "So the constitutional question we face today is this: When the government looks through the contents of your laptop, is that just like looking through the contents of a suitcase, car trunk, or purse? Or does it raise dignity and privacy interests that are more akin to an invasive search of the person, such that some individualized suspicion should be required before the search is conducted?"
