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California Mayor Forced to Hand Over Electronics and Passwords at Airport, Compares U.S. To Nazi Germany
Submitted by Mike Krieger of LibertyBlitzkrieg
California Mayor Forced to Hand Over Electronics and Passwords at Airport – Compares U.S. to Nazi Germany
“I think the American people should be extremely concerned about their personal rights and privacy. As I was being searched at the airport, there was a Latino couple to my left, and an Asian couple to my right also being aggressively searched. I briefly had to remind myself that this was not North Korea or Nazi Germany. This is the land of the Free.
– Anthony Silva, Mayor of Stockton, California
Just in case you’re still under the infantile illusion that you reside in a free country.
From ArsTechnica:
Stockton, California Mayor Anthony R. Silva attended a recent mayor’s conference in China, but his return trip took a bit longer than usual. At the San Francisco International Airport (SFO) this week, agents with the Department of Homeland Security detained Silva and confiscated his personal cell phone among other electronics. According to comments from the mayor, that may not even be the most alarming part.
“Unfortunately, they were not willing or able to produce a search warrant or any court documents suggesting they had a legal right to take my property,” Silva told SFGate. “In addition, they were persistent about requiring my passwords for all devices.”
The mayor’s attorney, Mark Reichel, told SFGate that Silva was not allowed to leave the airport without forfeiting his passwords. Reichel was not present for Silva’s interaction with the DHS agents, either. The mayor was told he had “no right for a lawyer to be present” and that being a US citizen did not “entitle me to rights that I probably thought,” according to the paper.
Evidently, Silva was well aware of the situation and only had his concerns heightened by first-hand experience. Talking to SFGate, he briefly compared the government battle on privacy to notorious dictatorships worldwide.
“I think the American people should be extremely concerned about their personal rights and privacy,” Silva told the paper. “As I was being searched at the airport, there was a Latino couple to my left, and an Asian couple to my right also being aggressively searched. I briefly had to remind myself that this was not North Korea or Nazi Germany. This is the land of the Free.”
This is not what freedom looks like.
Of course, I’ve written a lot on the dangers of the Department of Homeland Security over the years. Fears which are coming home to roost in spades. See:
The “War on Terror” Turns Inward – DHS Report Warns of Right Wing Terror Threat
Former DHS Chief Privacy Officer Was Regularly Called a “Terrorist” by the Intelligence Community
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ANUS, I quit flying because I withdraw my consent to infringement on the 4th amendment. ANUS, I have not encountered an illegal immigration checkpoint in my LIFE, so I'm not going to stop driving on your say so. ANUS, I live rural, there are no sidewalks here and in the very small towns nearby, the deputies could care less if you jaywalk. In fact, we don't have a single traffic light in our county of 900 square miles.
If you want to condone and support illegal search and seizure, by all means, this is a "free" country and your right, but don't give me illogic that you pulled from your ANUS.
Geez, pal, take the little blue and yellow ones from the other bottle next time, and no they don't mix so well with Wild Turkey
....life is ok if you don't have cable.
Quoted for truth.
Once you forget about the existence of TeeVee, it often happens that you can get "a life of your own".
Often rewarding!
smart international travellers have their electronics shipped to their destination if they feel they're likely to be targeted at port of entry... just sayin'...
good luck cracking that stuff if I'm not there to help, lol...
https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2009/07/laptop_security.html
hes really cool;)
Reminds me of my Dad, Father Loki, who always "hides" his bank book so burglers won't get it...then he completely forgets where he put it and spends hours if not days sweating and turning the whole house upside down looking for the thing.
I'm telling you, the easiest way to avoid all this is to have the electronics shipped to your destination... the key is to avoid having the following items/parties in the same area at the same time:
- you
- your electronics
- pesky border guards / TSA McAgents
remember that the stuff going on at most border entry points is basically security theater... also remember that in the vast majority of cases the laws governing mail & shipping are very different from what you encounter at a port of entry... government is a slow lumbering beast and it won't move from its spot if it's inconvenient... so, make the co-location of the above inconvenient, problem solved...
Gubmint. Ctrl-Alt-Del. Fukem. Fukem all.
Bullish big prime numbers!
Anyone who believes in the land of the free needs to stop drinking so much. If you think about it the idea we are free is delusional. People live in countries subject to the rules and laws in those countries and this means they are in a similar situation to slaves and prisoners at the best of times. Slaves have to live according to a set of rules, prisoners have to live according to the rules and Americans have to live according to the rules. The Land of the free is an oxymoron and should be recognised as such.
Welcome to the party pal
Welcome to The Party comrade.
Red Team or Blue Team, matters not, The League that owns both absolutely love this shit.
Change your password to, "The Fourth Amendment is being violated."
oops....this here Mayor of the bankrupt city of Stockton was being watched by the FBI for 2 years.
http://www.recordnet.com/article/20151005/NEWS/151009833
"...attended a recent mayor’s conference in China,"
Yeah, the TSA, monitoring, et al, are bad.
WTF is a podunk town mayor - ANY mayor actually - doing giong to China for a mayor's conference?!?! Complete waste of money on a tax payer funded vacation to the Fatherland.
because he's a SPY of course.
So when a Chinese citizen comes to the U.S. I wonder if TSA asks for their passwords too. Have never heard a complaint about that.
http://www.stocktongov.com/government/departments/manager/bankruptcy/
He's probably over there on his knees begging for jobs. "Prease, pretty prease?"
So they were tracking his ass from the gitgo.
MUST be a Libertarian.
Gonna vote Rand Paul.
But now wants to over-exaggerate
and over-hype
that standard conservative hitler bullshit
blah blah blah
yadda yadda yadda
blow smoke up the Ass Of America.
Typical.
Welcome to Planet Motherfucker.
I think he finish it with , Land of the Free loaders...
What does that have to do with DHS violating the 4th amendment?
Because this is America, damn it! Since you are a citizen, you are not guaranteed any freedoms!
No soup for you!
Where has he been since 2001?
They hate us for our freedoms lol.
They hate you for your freebombs.
Amazing, what happens when you simply change one letter, by using its mirror image.
Hard to believe.
Depressing to contemplate.
'Merica Fuck Ya! /sarc.
It's a good thing you reminded yourself that you're free, moron.
If the dumbass mayor knew the law, he would have said take me to jail then, submitted a writ of habeas corpus, and sued those fuckers into oblivion. He obeys because he would like to think that he himself has such power. It is all bull shit. Handing something over is equity. They can shove equity up their asses.
he said "I did not give my belongs up of my free will"
Uh what would you call it then? Did they beat you up and take them? Did they brain-wash or drug you?
Or did they ask for them and you gave them up because youre intimidated by some part-time, zit-faced airport security guard.
Its shitty yes. So many people happily give up thier rights or dignity to the first person with any kind of authority. Grow a spine and quit acting like a victim.
Yep airports are border zones the Supremes have ruled your property rights do not exist within 100 miles.
End this Federal .Gov joke NOW!
I believe Habeas Corpus has been pretty much suspended in the US...
https://www.leahy.senate.gov/press/comment-on-military-commissions
Late to the party. They've been tasering people to death for getting lost at the airport for years now.
If you have any concern for yourself, your family, and the people around you then you simply don't go to airports.
He just now is noticing the Stasi state USSA?
My thoughts exactly. Has the Mayor not seen the years of youtube videos etc. laying out this abuse by police and DHS ?? Just what are your job duties Mr. Mayor? Does it hurt when it hits home? Do something about it!
From California of all places, where the state legislature just voted down a law to reform Civil Asset Forfeiture, due to the loud complaints of the law enforcement agencies that would thereby lose their license to steal. You just want to slap the idiot.
The secret to dealing with TSA is to wear a yamuka and a Cherthoff Group logoed jacket.
If people stopped being such linear thinkers, they'd realize that "By Way Of Deception..." is a two-way street.
If you're smarter than the TSA agent, then you also have to act smarter and pretend better.
But, when the adrenaline is pumping (and this is the first problem you've created for yourself, by letting them juice your Adrenaline), it is almost impossible for the prefrontal cortex* to think clearly. Your irrational (emotional and primate) brain takes over, with predictable negative results.
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prefrontal_cortex
You may want to meditate, and mentally practice TSA encounters long before you fly. When you do fly, visualize them again while waiting in line. That way, your responses will be more trained and relaxed, than impulsive and tense.
And, as Infinite QE correctly points out, wearing the symbols of those they dare not offend, is a good PsyOp trick to use. And why you should also order your bad and pasty airline meal to be Kosher. That way, besides them thinking that you are Jewish, you will probably get a safer meal -- and served sooner. Also, when you finish sooner, you beat everyone else to the restroom/WC. You may also wear a ZH pin on the flipside of your lapel, with the AIPAC pin on the outside.
"You may also wear a ZH pin on the flipside of your lapel, with the AIPAC pin on the outside."
You sir, certainly need to write a book on traveling in the TSA-age.
Bravo!
"You may also wear a ZH pin on the flipside of your lapel, with the AIPAC pin on the outside."
You sir, certainly need to write a book on traveling in the TSA-age.
Bravo!
But remember it's poor people who are the enemy. Not the power elite running the police state apparatus. Know who is causing the problems and deal with th first not the most vulnerable. This police state BS is bad for business and anti-thetical to a healthy republic with rule of law.
are you also tired of reading comments on MSM that go like "If you would have obeyed the orders you would have been fine"
Yes. The dumb cocksuckers don't understand that the orders should have never been issued in the first fucking place.
we know how to get it out of you ( puts on gloves )
Tell the whole story ZeroHedge. The mayor was under a federal investigation for 2 years prior to this. I've been a member here for over 4 years and this site is going downhill quick. To much clickbait material...
your comment in BS homeland security would not be into that...
+1 Silva sounds like a huge asshole. I hope the TSA did a thorough cavity search.
So fucking what? Since when does being "under investigation" allow warrantless search and seizure of property?
JFC.
(Somewhere, J. Edger Hoover is doing a jig in his favorite party dress)
Some of the dummies posting here don't appear to have a grip on the Bill of Rights and Constitution, let alone ILLEGAL searches.
niggas gotta eat
I hear ya on the clickbait.
However, does it really matter who this happened to, or just the fact that it happened?
In fact it happens hundreds of times a day but to people with no voice.
Under investigation. Was he restricted to the US(told not to leave the country?)
Was he under arrest? Your point doesn't stand up. It doesn't matter if he was under investigation. If they thought his laptop contained illegal information, why wasn't it searched with a warrant at his house? It wasn't.
Your point is extraneous
We are ALL under FEDERAL INVESTIGATION since birth; just the means to investigate have evolved.
Hey Dumbass, does that mean that they get to take the data unobtainable by warrant and grab it because he chose to fly a plane? THINK- They needed the passwords to obtain things unobtainable under their current warrant, if they even had one. The data and all passwords would have been included in a warrant if they applied to said investigation...sounds like they want to railroad him and this was their chance.
The Hedge didn't go downhill, the posting crowd has, myself included...wait.
So because somebody is under investigation he has no rights and can be treated in this fashion by any random public official?
You are kidding right?
Now if the authorities wanted the things these dudes did the proper and only legal officials allowed would be the investigating police/agency, not some random storm trooper at an airport.
Also if you don't like ZH, if you don't have your own ability to think and judge, well don't come here it is simple.
It's hard to believe he compared USA to Nazi Germany...
In the 1930's Nazi Germany people actually had jobs...
The Nazis took over 9-11-2001. Still in control
I fly out of Denver, he should be thankful he didn't get groped!
I let the females squeeze my junk
Don't forget to leave a tip.
It's almost tempting to sport a raging hard-on right before you go through the grope. Is it bad form to ask TSA agents to talk dirty to you?
A Mayors conference in China? Really? How much did that cost the taxpayers of Stockton? I'd say his shakedown vs. (my perceived) waste of city monies was a fair trade.
I predict he'll retract his criticism. Blame it on medication.
"Land of the Free"
Sounds like he attended mandatory public indoctrination camps as a youth from 6-18yrs of age, if he believes that propaganda. SMH
This is to get IN.
Just wait to get to your house - there's the ubiquitous cameras on the streets doing facial recognition and tracking your movements & the credit card swipes being stored to recreate your day and purchases.
Yet somehow deported people are able to get back into the country to rape and pilllage.
The Mayor just picked the wrong landing place. Should've gone to Nogales.
The United States has turned into the former Soviet Union.
We are now head of the "Axis of Evil".
We have become the Beast we are supposedly fighting against.
Having been to the former Soviet Union, while it still existed, we look the same now...except we have many more tech gadgets and methods to crush with.
and some of u mother fuckers r still buying that "its the niggas", and "gay marrigage", and "trump versus hillary"shit....
keep sleep walking mother fuckers...........
I do not like the tools of oppression kaiser even if they are unwitting. Willful ignorance is guilt when it all comes down, it will be seen and punished as acquiescence guarantee it..
Aww. I guess we should have thought about turning Amerikkka into a police state at the beginning, not during the process.
Hey - if you have nothing to hide, then you have nothing to hide. It's for freedom's sake.
Tell me Mark, when did freedom begin to mean freedom of the state to know everything I do, where I go, and who I talk to?
If you have nothing to hide then by all means, go ahead and post your real name, SSN and birth date here on ZH.
Don't forget:
- Salary
- Last raise
- How much you give in contributions to others (not tax version)
- Taxes paid and loopholes use
- What you did all day, and how much you spent, on what and where
- Type of car, year and vin number
- What you viewed on the net over the last year, by date and site
- What you searched online
- What your interests are
- Your politics, and all your posted comments over the last 10 years
- Sexual preferences, hair color, your size and girth, wife's data of similar
for a start, i am tired of it for now.
Just keeping you safe from others, with this profile we can ensure you don't get your identity stolen and prevent turrism
Silva was not allowed to leave the airport without forfeiting his passwords.
The Mayor was allowed to leave the DHS holding area after giving up his Constitutional rights.
What Difference does it Make !
Huge difference actually.
The "holding area" is not considered to be inside the US. It's still foreign soil. Only AFTER you've gone through Immigration are you considered to be in the US.
"It's still foreign soil." Oh so it's just another Guantanamo Bay?
He was at SFO which is in the constitution free zone.
https://www.aclu.org/sites/default/files/styles/scale_1200w/public/wysiw...
Not sure why everyone is so upset.
Green for you even though it is a crappy map. Lake Michigan is entirely a territorial water of the US. However, if you include international ports and international airports almost the entire US is a "border zone".
.
"What difference does it make?"
Each act of sheepish compliance becomes another example to others present, to behave like sheep. I would have thought that this is obvious.
There's even a clinical expression for it: Classical or Operand Conditioning.
BTW...Each act of compliance adds a brick to the wall of Totalitarianism. Each act of defiance removes a brick. This too should be obvious, but perhaps isn't so obvious to all.
LAND OF FREE?
WHAT A TWAT,, he is really an American...
Looks like AIPAC will throw millions into the war chest of whomever runs against him.
I'm no fan of the TSA - but on a recent flight out of the US our boarding passes were stamped PreCheck (free without asking). That is a small step in the right direction.
Now the seat nazi flight attendant who gave us a hard time when we moved up 1 row into exit row - when there were 8 of 10 exit row seats empty - geez.
"seat nazi flight attendant"
Oh how times have changed. About 20 years ago I remember flying between Hawaiian islands on Aloha Airlines. We had a number of tickets between islands over a 3 week period. They didn't even care if we gave them the correct ticket for the destination!!!!! They treated all the tickets between islands as interchangeable.
This was the first time I was ever on that airline. My wife has over 2 million miles on another airline. I guess I'm used to the better level of service.
I didn't mention that the cabin door was already closed and the airline had no chance of making any more money on those 8 empty seats.
Then why not just mosy on up to first class, since the airline had no chance of making any more money on those empty seats either?
Or move into the presidential suite of a hotel at midnight when the reservation is for a single? Because the hotel can't sell that room either.
Justify it all you want but it's theft when you don't pay for something and still use it without permission.
At the risk of belaboring the point - on the first flight of the day exit row was rather empty. When the door closed the flight attendant approached a woman in an exit row seat and invited her to sit in first class. Is theft involved in that scenario ? Is the first class seat the attendant's to give away ?
We once lived in a community in the US which has terrible water pressure. The water company came up with a solution - larger meter sizes (from 5/8" to 1"). Everyone should swap out their meters ! Then the water bills arrived, The rates for 5/8 meters were : 11.26 (water), 18.12 (wastewater). The rates for the 1" meters were as high as : 32.16 (water), 42,41 (wastewater). (per 1000 gals). Is theft involved in that scenario ?
Perhaps we should have asked if we could move up a row. At the same time the stewardess could have been more civil. I'll say this - that airline made no fans on that flight.
Serves them right owning a Apple iphone, tablet. The fucking idiots are broadcasting themselves as chipped dogs or cats.
I have a flip phone. I will throw it in the trash and not think twice about it. It was 39 bucks with plan...4 or 5 or 6 years ago. All data on any device is fair game to these jackboots, period. 100 miles inland from coast is a constitutional free zone by the way so you have no rights in these areas, FYI.
Just don't play the game, period.
If he knew what it was to be free, then he would have told them to kiss his ass! I would have sat there until Jesus comes if I had to before I would have given them anything. An opportunity to tell them to "go to hell" without having to shoot someone? Priceless!
Time to quit whining and start doing.
"... they were not willing or able to produce a search warrant or any court documents suggesting they had a legal right to take my property ..."
He was coming in from a foreign country, and they had a right to search anyone and their possessions while crossing our border. The 4th amendment does not apply at the border. But why would an elected official have to know such trivia?
But he was correct about what is happening to the country.
Keep in mind that when you get off international flights - the customs area is not considered part of the US - its considered international territory. You do not have the same rights against search/seizure in this area as you would once you are inside the airport proper (past customs).
Even then the various federal agencies have massive power to pretty much do whatever they want, regardless of "rights." They act first then defend later. If you persist in complaining about your rights they can threaten to "charge" you with something - drop your complaint and the charges are dropped. There is ALWAYS something they can come up with to charge those that are difficult.
Good luck getting a job in the future if you are charged with espionage, materially assisting a terror group, transporting drugs on an international flight for distribution (oops, the dog was mistken ...), child porn (found on your phone... in their possession ... etc. Even when the bogus charges are completely dropped you now have a public arrest record ....
the west is so full of crap... just like nazis
Privacy is Terrorism.
Next question?
Actually, that's not correct. There is an exception to the fourth amendment as it relates to border searches (like SFO), and specifically as to electronic devices, which do not require probable cause/suspicion and may be conducted without a warrant.
I am not saying I enjoy the police state. I am just saying that the laws are what they are. In fact, I even wrote a tongue-in-cheek book about the police state.
i believe there is a 'reasonable suspicion' requirement. They do not have legal authority to search anyone and everyone's electronic data without some level of cause. It is bullshit nonetheless and is NOT settled law. The government cannot supercede your Constitutional rights. Fuck em.
Fuck you asshole you voted for this shit, now deal with it.
Seems like US gov wanted to show its sheep more of what is coming. This was done to bring the info into the news. US folks should not wonder when the borders are closed for them in not so distant future.
Mayor from La Raza Mexifornia saying US has become Nazi Germany. Those open borders sure helped and idiot TV and Hollywood which almost all emnates from Californa. Let them eat burritos, sopapilla and flan.
Some would argue that Stockton is no longer 'part of America'.
Is everyone treated similarly? Why was he singled out? I'd like to hear the TSA's side of the story. Hearing both sides of the story is never a bad thing.
Meanwhile, according to some in Texas ISIS, and the likes, are coming across the border unchecked.
really?? Two sides of THAT story?
Americans .... the walking dead aka zombies in this world.
Just sayin'
”He who would trade liberty for some temporary security, deserves neither liberty nor security.”
- Ben Franklin
"If you want total security, go to prison. There you're fed, clothed, given medical care and so on. The only thing lacking... is freedom."
- Dwight D. Eisenhower ..
Some might think that sex is also lacking in prison.
But that's not true. There's plenty of it -- just not the kind most people want.
Next time, fly through Turkey or Qatar or Iraq, and put a towel on your head as you walk off the plane. That way TSA will just smile and wave you through!
Uhm, you still need a CIA VIP walk you around airport security. But otherwise, yes.
Odds are pretty good bribery occurred at that "Mayor's conference" in China, AKA John Noguez was big on those conferences too.
I suspect Stockton will be getting a Chinese bullet train and Obama a donation.
Why didn't that mayor order his local police department to come in and (civil) arrest those "goverment agents" ??
(civil arrest because of out their jurisdiction ;-)
No wonder Stockton is so hosed. It's run by a bunch of pussy crybabies. Learn to stand your ground and be a man.
so the anchor baby mayor on the way home from his bribery junket gave up his passwords, I'm shocked.
A rude awakening for him; I bet he thought body cavity searches were just for the little people, not for those as important as him.
next time I hear this home of free shit I am going to chuckle... perhaps put on some Germany Army marching tunes from you tube... they are pretty good...
"home of free shit" - yep, that's what we traded freedom for.
As a Non-American I stopped visiting there when they started fingerprinting people.
But just the other day I found out they do it to US citizens returning to US too, and you let them!
The country is getting flushed down the toilet as is without adding to the destruction of their tourism industry as well with this bullshit! I know lots of Aussies that 20 years ago would have chosen the USA as their first destination of choice who will not even consider it now based on the experiences of others they know at US borders, and for that matter, within the country.
PhilofOz, I last went to the USA from Oz in 2011. We were groped, shouted at, separated, made to get on the floor and unpack bags. Extremely unpleasant. We vowed never to return to the USA.
However, in terms of security, in 2009 when I was in the USA I had absentmindedly slipped a small multi blade foldable penknife in my bra for lack of a pocket, intending to dispose of it before boarding. It went through every security at LA and New Zealand before it fell out when I undressed for the shower on returning to Queensland. We had a good laugh! What a joke!
Until I fly round trip to China paid for by the taxpayers and get Bribed by Chinese politicians, I am going to say Fuck this public taker. Somewhere in this he has an ulterior motive.
Well, the last I heard - As a NH resident I will need a PASSPORT for a domestic flight in 2016. Same with New York and others.
When someone starts f*cking around asking you for a PASSPORT to fly to Philly (for example) - it doesn't take much imagination to envision the next step.
You vil show us please your papers!
yes i read the same thing. It may get pushed back time-wise but its ultimately going to happen. I brought this up with some coworkers once and they said "well, everyone has passports" UGH
Stuck In The Middle With You
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8StG4fFWHqg
Fuck the TSA... I bet the government trained me to hurt humans far greater than they teach these TSA-rent-a-cops. Dislocated knee? Lose your ear? Lose an eye? Broken elbow? Smashed balls? C'mon boys I'll get a few of you reallly messed up before you get me down.
They'll just shoot you in the back. And maybe not with a tazer.
And yet you'll get people who will still call it the land of the free and think they are free. Nothing says intelligence like seeing how reality is and pretending it isn't like that because it's not supposed to be. It's like the keynesians and how they just stick to their theory because it it supposed to work. Newsflash to all the idiots out there: reality trumps theory and what you think or want reality to be like. If you are being searched at an airport like that and being demanded things like that then YOU ARE NOT FREE.
Obama needs to be removed now. It can't wait until all our freedom is gone. It's time to do it now.
removing Obama will make it worse... he is only a small part of the problem... the whole works needs to be removed... and some deported back to Israel...
Statist complaining about Statism
My belief is that the American people do not understand who the US government actually is, who it works for and under what rules. We have been led to believe that the US government is "human" government that should represent the American people.
However, it is looking more and more as if the US government is really a non-human government that wants to "master the human domain" ... as the Jade Helm 15 exercise advertised. This would also most likely make Barry Obomber a non-human ... which explains a lot.
So, who are these non-humans?
Complete sociopaths and psychopaths attracted to power, much like moths attracted to bright light.
I wish this would happen to more and more of these "public servants". Then, maybe, just maybe, they might actually consider disbanding the Amerikan Gestapo.
Funny that he compares today's U.S. to Nazi Germany. I'm pretty sure they had greater freedom than we have today.
this is good
https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=102&v=1u0X7KpKKus
"The mayor was told he had “no right for a lawyer to be present” and that being a US citizen did not “entitle me to rights that I probably thought,” according to the paper."
NDAA in full force here. Didn't our liar in chief say he'd never use the provisions that everyone non-zombies were up in arms about? This is my shocked face.
Duh? What the fuck did the American populace expect? How many Americans questioned and was against the Patriot Act? You reap what you sow when it comes to the manufactured War On Terror.
refuse to fly....
People need to get used to the idea of dismantling the so called Federal Government. After several lifetimes of propaganda, it is going to take some time to bring people back to reality so they acknowledge the obvious.
stfu or you will be shot
This is what the Bolsheviks wanted to accomplish using unrelenting 3rd world immigartion and illegal immigration as the lever. Its very obvious. Why is Bill Ayers still alive?
should've been carrying a Koran and/or prayer rug to be ushered through
Good to know. If I ever travel overseas again, I will be sure to completely wipe all of my electronics before hand and start with a fresh OS install. Then whatever digital goodness I happen to acquire while overseas I will just upload to an online file sharing/hosting account (or perhaps directly into my home computer using remote access). Then before heading back home, I will wipe/reinstall again for good measure.
Hell, while I'm doing this, I may as well just buy some cheap expendable electronics before my flight that I won't mind getting confiscated...
Backup your phone with google, factory reset your phone, load a fake email adress .
when you're trough, restore your data with the right adress. easy
Google is an arm of the govt.
You can also put your smart phone into the Checked Luggage, and use a basic phone while in the airport and dealing with Customs/Immigration and TSA, to send and receive calls.
If you work for a company -- even your own Single-Member LLC -- be sure to put a nice big company logo on your iPad or Laptop. The TSA won't want grief from corporate lawyers. And, as a company employee, you are obviously bound to Confidentiality Compliance, and must protect Company Property from illegal/warrant-less intrusions or confiscations.
It is perfectly legitimate and normal to hard encrypt corporate laptops, and almost foolish if you don't. I am also aware of company policy that "Password-protected and encrypted documents must not be opened under duress, unless a company lawyer is present."
It is not unusual for people to "freeze" or have transient memory lapses under duress, and to forget the password. Search the web for Stress-Induced Amnesia, if you're skeptical. Having a lawyer present helps the brain to relax and to recall things better. Of course, it is entirely possible that you may have repeated episodes of "I cannot recall", even or especially after your lawyer has arrived -- if Congressional hearings and testimonials are an indication.
American citizens are violated by government thugs at airports, scrutinized in every detail while the borders are flung wide open to any criminal who cares to cross.
Progressive usurper criminals are in charge and responsible for those crimes. Time to arrest them.
Grimaldus
Got Democracy?
Your invisable now. You got no secrets to conceal
You can overcome such invasions with hardware and software.
You can simply encrypt your data, store it online, recover it at your destination.
No one even has to know and if anyone finds anything it would take them 100 years to decrypt at which point who cares?
Encryption is Freedom start using your Freedom.
From a California politician, no less. Ponder the irony and cry me a river, Mr. "Mayor."