NY Suit Challenging Laptop Searches is Tossed

NEW YORK

U.S. border agents have the authority to search laptops carried by news photographers at international border crossings even without reasonable suspicion, a Brooklyn federal judge ruled, finding that the Constitutional right doesn’t apply to the government’s efforts to secure borders. Reporters said the searches could unmask confidential new sources.

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