Trump's Border Thugs Bully US Journalist

[EvilCat Breath]

Waaa waaaa a journalist getting treated like any other passenger. The horror.

 

[percysunshine]

Meh...the TSA does that to everyone before they get on an airplane.

No, they do not. And, he was not getting on a plane, he was departing one. What reasonable explanation is there for reading a person's personal notes and documents without articulable evidence of a crime or threat?

How many times have you personally gone through immigration in any country?

This is typical treatment for any traveler who insists on being an asshole. I have watched many people dig themselves into days of confinement.

This is typical treatment for any traveler who insists on being an asshole. I have watched many people dig themselves into days of confinement.

Aside from being a journalist, what actions did Harp take to lead you to the conclusion he was "being an asshole?"

I’m a Journalist but I Didn’t Fully Realize the Terrible Power of U.S. Border Officials Until They Violated My Rights and Privacy

"CBP has been doing warrantless device searches since the advent of the modern smartphone, Cope said, but the practice has increased by some 300 percent since Trump took office.

"In late 2017, EFF teamed up with the American Civil Liberties Union and filed a case alleging the unconstitutionality of the administration’s blitz of warrantless searches.

"Anecdotally, CBP appears to be targeting typical Trumpian scapegoats, including Muslims, Latinos, and journalists, but anyone reentering the United States can be subject to these searches.

"The 11 plaintiffs in the EFF and ACLU case are a computer programmer, a filmmaker, a graduate student, a nursing student, a limousine driver, a businessman, an engineer, a professor, an artist, and two journalists.

"All are U.S. citizens or legal permanent residents who had experiences similar to mine.

It isn’t a conclusion, since I was not present. But it is a measured assessment given the article is oozing with special privileges, and my personal knowledge of interactions with immigration officials.

So far, there is one side of a story....would love to see the video...chuckle

 

[Camp]

Meh...the TSA does that to everyone before they get on an airplane.

No, they do not. And, he was not getting on a plane, he was departing one. What reasonable explanation is there for reading a person's personal notes and documents without articulable evidence of a crime or threat?

How many times have you personally gone through immigration in any country?

This is typical treatment for any traveler who insists on being an asshole. I have watched many people dig themselves into days of confinement.

This is typical treatment for any traveler who insists on being an asshole. I have watched many people dig themselves into days of confinement.

Aside from being a journalist, what actions did Harp take to lead you to the conclusion he was "being an asshole?"

I’m a Journalist but I Didn’t Fully Realize the Terrible Power of U.S. Border Officials Until They Violated My Rights and Privacy

"CBP has been doing warrantless device searches since the advent of the modern smartphone, Cope said, but the practice has increased by some 300 percent since Trump took office.

"In late 2017, EFF teamed up with the American Civil Liberties Union and filed a case alleging the unconstitutionality of the administration’s blitz of warrantless searches.

"Anecdotally, CBP appears to be targeting typical Trumpian scapegoats, including Muslims, Latinos, and journalists, but anyone reentering the United States can be subject to these searches.

"The 11 plaintiffs in the EFF and ACLU case are a computer programmer, a filmmaker, a graduate student, a nursing student, a limousine driver, a businessman, an engineer, a professor, an artist, and two journalists.

"All are U.S. citizens or legal permanent residents who had experiences similar to mine.

It isn’t a conclusion, since I was not present. But it is a measured assessment given the article is oozing with special privileges, and my personal knowledge of interactions with immigration officials.

So far, there is one side of a story....would love to see the video...chuckle

The story falls apart when it was revealed that the Agent shared the confiscated material with family and friends. That should have led to immediate dismissal.

 

[theHawk]

Trump and his handler recently joked about "fake news" at the G20:

"Texas journalist Seth Harp, a contributing editor at Rolling Stone, tells a harrowing tale at The Intercept about his May 13 effort to return to the U.S. from a reporting trip in Mexico City.

"Passing through immigration at the Austin airport, I was pulled out of line for 'secondary screening,' a quasi-custodial law enforcement process that takes place in the Homeland Security zone of the airport.

"Cooperation didn’t earn me any leniency.

"Next up was a thorough search of my suitcase, down to unscrewing the tops of my toiletries.

"That much I expected.

"But then a third officer, whose name was Villarreal, carefully read every page of my 2019 journal, including copious notes to self on work, relationships, friends, family, and all sorts of private reflections I had happened to write down.

"That was just the beginning.

"The real abuse of power was a warrantless search of my phone and laptop.

Trump's Border Bullies Harass a Journalist | DCReport.org

"After I gave an officer the password to my iPhone, he spent three hours reviewing hundreds of photos and videos and emails and calls and texts, including encrypted messages on WhatsApp, Signal, and Telegram.

"It was the digital equivalent of tossing someone’s house: opening cabinets, pulling out drawers, and overturning furniture in hopes of finding something — anything — illegal.

"He read my communications with friends, family, and loved ones.

"He went through my correspondence with colleagues, editors, and sources. He asked about the identities of people who have worked with me in war zones.

"He also went through my personal photos, which I resented.

"Consider everything on your phone right now.

"Nothing on mine was spared."

Trump recently gave the impression he believes Putin's treatment of Russian journalists is something to chuckle about.

What else can you expect from gangsters in high places?

I guess we’re supposed to just believe this urinalist?

 

[DigitalDrifter]

"Trumps bullies" ?
So nothing like this occurred before Trump became president ?
Uh huh.

 

[georgephillip]

Trump and his handler recently joked about "fake news" at the G20:

"Texas journalist Seth Harp, a contributing editor at Rolling Stone, tells a harrowing tale at The Intercept about his May 13 effort to return to the U.S. from a reporting trip in Mexico City.

"Passing through immigration at the Austin airport, I was pulled out of line for 'secondary screening,' a quasi-custodial law enforcement process that takes place in the Homeland Security zone of the airport.

"Cooperation didn’t earn me any leniency.

"Next up was a thorough search of my suitcase, down to unscrewing the tops of my toiletries.

"That much I expected.

"But then a third officer, whose name was Villarreal, carefully read every page of my 2019 journal, including copious notes to self on work, relationships, friends, family, and all sorts of private reflections I had happened to write down.

"That was just the beginning.

"The real abuse of power was a warrantless search of my phone and laptop.

Trump's Border Bullies Harass a Journalist | DCReport.org

"After I gave an officer the password to my iPhone, he spent three hours reviewing hundreds of photos and videos and emails and calls and texts, including encrypted messages on WhatsApp, Signal, and Telegram.

"It was the digital equivalent of tossing someone’s house: opening cabinets, pulling out drawers, and overturning furniture in hopes of finding something — anything — illegal.

"He read my communications with friends, family, and loved ones.

"He went through my correspondence with colleagues, editors, and sources. He asked about the identities of people who have worked with me in war zones.

"He also went through my personal photos, which I resented.

"Consider everything on your phone right now.

"Nothing on mine was spared."

Trump recently gave the impression he believes Putin's treatment of Russian journalists is something to chuckle about.

What else can you expect from gangsters in high places?

I guess we’re supposed to just believe this urinalist?

guess we’re supposed to just believe this urinalist?

Why not?
Did you bother to read either link?

I’m a Journalist but I Didn’t Fully Realize the Terrible Power of U.S. Border Officials Until They Violated My Rights and Privacy

"I SHOULD HAVE kept my mouth shut about the guacamole; that made things worse for me. Otherwise, what I’m about to describe could happen to any American who travels internationally. It happened 33,295 times last year...."

"In retrospect, I was naive about the kind of agency CBP has become in the Trump era.

"Though I’ve reported several magazine stories in Mexico, none have been about immigration.

"Of course, I knew these were the guys putting kids in cages, separating refugee children from their parents, and that Trump’s whole shtick is vilifying immigrants, leading to many sad and ugly scenes at the border, including the farcical deployment of U.S. troops. But I complacently assumed that wouldn’t affect me directly, least of all in Austin.

"Later, I did remember reading a report in February about CBP targeting journalists, activists, and lawyers for scrutiny at ports of entry south of California, but I had never had a problem before, not in a lifetime of crossing the Texas-Mexico border scores of times on foot, by car, by plane, in a canoe, even swimming.

"This was the first time CBP had ever pulled me aside."

Trump's Border Bullies Harass a Journalist | DCReport.org

 

[B. Kidd]

Trump and his handler recently joked about "fake news" at the G20:

"Texas journalist Seth Harp, a contributing editor at Rolling Stone, tells a harrowing tale at The Intercept about his May 13 effort to return to the U.S. from a reporting trip in Mexico City.

"Passing through immigration at the Austin airport, I was pulled out of line for 'secondary screening,' a quasi-custodial law enforcement process that takes place in the Homeland Security zone of the airport.

"Cooperation didn’t earn me any leniency.

"Next up was a thorough search of my suitcase, down to unscrewing the tops of my toiletries.

"That much I expected.

"But then a third officer, whose name was Villarreal, carefully read every page of my 2019 journal, including copious notes to self on work, relationships, friends, family, and all sorts of private reflections I had happened to write down.

"That was just the beginning.

"The real abuse of power was a warrantless search of my phone and laptop.

Trump's Border Bullies Harass a Journalist | DCReport.org

"After I gave an officer the password to my iPhone, he spent three hours reviewing hundreds of photos and videos and emails and calls and texts, including encrypted messages on WhatsApp, Signal, and Telegram.

"It was the digital equivalent of tossing someone’s house: opening cabinets, pulling out drawers, and overturning furniture in hopes of finding something — anything — illegal.

"He read my communications with friends, family, and loved ones.

"He went through my correspondence with colleagues, editors, and sources. He asked about the identities of people who have worked with me in war zones.

"He also went through my personal photos, which I resented.

"Consider everything on your phone right now.

"Nothing on mine was spared."

Trump recently gave the impression he believes Putin's treatment of Russian journalists is something to chuckle about.

What else can you expect from gangsters in high places?

I guess we’re supposed to just believe this urinalist?

Fake journalist-bitch news!

 

[ptbw forever]

Trump and his handler recently joked about "fake news" at the G20:

"Texas journalist Seth Harp, a contributing editor at Rolling Stone, tells a harrowing tale at The Intercept about his May 13 effort to return to the U.S. from a reporting trip in Mexico City.

"Passing through immigration at the Austin airport, I was pulled out of line for 'secondary screening,' a quasi-custodial law enforcement process that takes place in the Homeland Security zone of the airport.

"Cooperation didn’t earn me any leniency.

"Next up was a thorough search of my suitcase, down to unscrewing the tops of my toiletries.

"That much I expected.

"But then a third officer, whose name was Villarreal, carefully read every page of my 2019 journal, including copious notes to self on work, relationships, friends, family, and all sorts of private reflections I had happened to write down.

"That was just the beginning.

"The real abuse of power was a warrantless search of my phone and laptop.

Trump's Border Bullies Harass a Journalist | DCReport.org

"After I gave an officer the password to my iPhone, he spent three hours reviewing hundreds of photos and videos and emails and calls and texts, including encrypted messages on WhatsApp, Signal, and Telegram.

"It was the digital equivalent of tossing someone’s house: opening cabinets, pulling out drawers, and overturning furniture in hopes of finding something — anything — illegal.

"He read my communications with friends, family, and loved ones.

"He went through my correspondence with colleagues, editors, and sources. He asked about the identities of people who have worked with me in war zones.

"He also went through my personal photos, which I resented.

"Consider everything on your phone right now.

"Nothing on mine was spared."

Trump recently gave the impression he believes Putin's treatment of Russian journalists is something to chuckle about.

What else can you expect from gangsters in high places?

Nobody at the fucking tabloid, The Rolling Stone is even remotely close to being a journalist.

 

[georgephillip]

Trump and his handler recently joked about "fake news" at the G20:

"Texas journalist Seth Harp, a contributing editor at Rolling Stone, tells a harrowing tale at The Intercept about his May 13 effort to return to the U.S. from a reporting trip in Mexico City.

"Passing through immigration at the Austin airport, I was pulled out of line for 'secondary screening,' a quasi-custodial law enforcement process that takes place in the Homeland Security zone of the airport.

"Cooperation didn’t earn me any leniency.

"Next up was a thorough search of my suitcase, down to unscrewing the tops of my toiletries.

"That much I expected.

"But then a third officer, whose name was Villarreal, carefully read every page of my 2019 journal, including copious notes to self on work, relationships, friends, family, and all sorts of private reflections I had happened to write down.

"That was just the beginning.

"The real abuse of power was a warrantless search of my phone and laptop.

Trump's Border Bullies Harass a Journalist | DCReport.org

"After I gave an officer the password to my iPhone, he spent three hours reviewing hundreds of photos and videos and emails and calls and texts, including encrypted messages on WhatsApp, Signal, and Telegram.

"It was the digital equivalent of tossing someone’s house: opening cabinets, pulling out drawers, and overturning furniture in hopes of finding something — anything — illegal.

"He read my communications with friends, family, and loved ones.

"He went through my correspondence with colleagues, editors, and sources. He asked about the identities of people who have worked with me in war zones.

"He also went through my personal photos, which I resented.

"Consider everything on your phone right now.

"Nothing on mine was spared."

Trump recently gave the impression he believes Putin's treatment of Russian journalists is something to chuckle about.

What else can you expect from gangsters in high places?

But if he just walked across our border he would have never been inspected.

But if he just walked across our border he would have never been inspected.

He would have had a long walk, no?

Trump's Border Bullies Harass a Journalist | DCReport.org

"Texas journalist Seth Harp, a contributing editor at Rolling Stone, tells a harrowing tale at The Intercept about his May 13 effort to return to the U.S. from a reporting trip in Mexico City.

"Passing through immigration at the Austin airport, I was pulled out of line for 'secondary screening,' a quasi-custodial law enforcement process that takes place in the Homeland Security zone of the airport."

 

[georgephillip]

Trump and his handler recently joked about "fake news" at the G20:

"Texas journalist Seth Harp, a contributing editor at Rolling Stone, tells a harrowing tale at The Intercept about his May 13 effort to return to the U.S. from a reporting trip in Mexico City.

"Passing through immigration at the Austin airport, I was pulled out of line for 'secondary screening,' a quasi-custodial law enforcement process that takes place in the Homeland Security zone of the airport.

"Cooperation didn’t earn me any leniency.

"Next up was a thorough search of my suitcase, down to unscrewing the tops of my toiletries.

"That much I expected.

"But then a third officer, whose name was Villarreal, carefully read every page of my 2019 journal, including copious notes to self on work, relationships, friends, family, and all sorts of private reflections I had happened to write down.

"That was just the beginning.

"The real abuse of power was a warrantless search of my phone and laptop.

Trump's Border Bullies Harass a Journalist | DCReport.org

"After I gave an officer the password to my iPhone, he spent three hours reviewing hundreds of photos and videos and emails and calls and texts, including encrypted messages on WhatsApp, Signal, and Telegram.

"It was the digital equivalent of tossing someone’s house: opening cabinets, pulling out drawers, and overturning furniture in hopes of finding something — anything — illegal.

"He read my communications with friends, family, and loved ones.

"He went through my correspondence with colleagues, editors, and sources. He asked about the identities of people who have worked with me in war zones.

"He also went through my personal photos, which I resented.

"Consider everything on your phone right now.

"Nothing on mine was spared."

Trump recently gave the impression he believes Putin's treatment of Russian journalists is something to chuckle about.

What else can you expect from gangsters in high places?

ROLLING STONE....MIGHT AS WELL BE THE RED CHINA DAILY!

OLLING STONE....MIGHT AS WELL BE THE RED CHINA DAILY!

I’m a Journalist but I Didn’t Fully Realize the Terrible Power of U.S. Border Officials Until They Violated My Rights and Privacy

"Forcing travelers who are not suspected of any wrongdoing to cough up their passwords, on pain of having their devices seized, violates the Fourth Amendment right to be free of unreasonable searches and seizures, the plaintiffs argue, and also infringes the First Amendment right to free expression and association by means of government intimidation and surveillance."

MAGA, yet?

 

[B. Kidd]

Trump and his handler recently joked about "fake news" at the G20:

"Texas journalist Seth Harp, a contributing editor at Rolling Stone, tells a harrowing tale at The Intercept about his May 13 effort to return to the U.S. from a reporting trip in Mexico City.

"Passing through immigration at the Austin airport, I was pulled out of line for 'secondary screening,' a quasi-custodial law enforcement process that takes place in the Homeland Security zone of the airport.

"Cooperation didn’t earn me any leniency.

"Next up was a thorough search of my suitcase, down to unscrewing the tops of my toiletries.

"That much I expected.

"But then a third officer, whose name was Villarreal, carefully read every page of my 2019 journal, including copious notes to self on work, relationships, friends, family, and all sorts of private reflections I had happened to write down.

"That was just the beginning.

"The real abuse of power was a warrantless search of my phone and laptop.

Trump's Border Bullies Harass a Journalist | DCReport.org

"After I gave an officer the password to my iPhone, he spent three hours reviewing hundreds of photos and videos and emails and calls and texts, including encrypted messages on WhatsApp, Signal, and Telegram.

"It was the digital equivalent of tossing someone’s house: opening cabinets, pulling out drawers, and overturning furniture in hopes of finding something — anything — illegal.

"He read my communications with friends, family, and loved ones.

"He went through my correspondence with colleagues, editors, and sources. He asked about the identities of people who have worked with me in war zones.

"He also went through my personal photos, which I resented.

"Consider everything on your phone right now.

"Nothing on mine was spared."

Trump recently gave the impression he believes Putin's treatment of Russian journalists is something to chuckle about.

What else can you expect from gangsters in high places?

ROLLING STONE....MIGHT AS WELL BE THE RED CHINA DAILY!

OLLING STONE....MIGHT AS WELL BE THE RED CHINA DAILY!

I’m a Journalist but I Didn’t Fully Realize the Terrible Power of U.S. Border Officials Until They Violated My Rights and Privacy

"Forcing travelers who are not suspected of any wrongdoing to cough up their passwords, on pain of having their devices seized, violates the Fourth Amendment right to be free of unreasonable searches and seizures, the plaintiffs argue, and also infringes the First Amendment right to free expression and association by means of government intimidation and surveillance."

MAGA, yet?

What a pussy.
I was harassed worse coming back from visiting Niagara Falls in 2011.

 

[Leo123]

Read his article.....thugs indeed.

What article?

 

[CarlinAnnArbor]

Read his article.....thugs indeed.

Snowflake

 

[jc456]

I love it

 

[georgephillip]

Trump and his handler recently joked about "fake news" at the G20:

"Texas journalist Seth Harp, a contributing editor at Rolling Stone, tells a harrowing tale at The Intercept about his May 13 effort to return to the U.S. from a reporting trip in Mexico City.

"Passing through immigration at the Austin airport, I was pulled out of line for 'secondary screening,' a quasi-custodial law enforcement process that takes place in the Homeland Security zone of the airport.

"Cooperation didn’t earn me any leniency.

"Next up was a thorough search of my suitcase, down to unscrewing the tops of my toiletries.

"That much I expected.

"But then a third officer, whose name was Villarreal, carefully read every page of my 2019 journal, including copious notes to self on work, relationships, friends, family, and all sorts of private reflections I had happened to write down.

"That was just the beginning.

"The real abuse of power was a warrantless search of my phone and laptop.

Trump's Border Bullies Harass a Journalist | DCReport.org

"After I gave an officer the password to my iPhone, he spent three hours reviewing hundreds of photos and videos and emails and calls and texts, including encrypted messages on WhatsApp, Signal, and Telegram.

"It was the digital equivalent of tossing someone’s house: opening cabinets, pulling out drawers, and overturning furniture in hopes of finding something — anything — illegal.

"He read my communications with friends, family, and loved ones.

"He went through my correspondence with colleagues, editors, and sources. He asked about the identities of people who have worked with me in war zones.

"He also went through my personal photos, which I resented.

"Consider everything on your phone right now.

"Nothing on mine was spared."

Trump recently gave the impression he believes Putin's treatment of Russian journalists is something to chuckle about.

What else can you expect from gangsters in high places?

ROLLING STONE....MIGHT AS WELL BE THE RED CHINA DAILY!

OLLING STONE....MIGHT AS WELL BE THE RED CHINA DAILY!

I’m a Journalist but I Didn’t Fully Realize the Terrible Power of U.S. Border Officials Until They Violated My Rights and Privacy

"Forcing travelers who are not suspected of any wrongdoing to cough up their passwords, on pain of having their devices seized, violates the Fourth Amendment right to be free of unreasonable searches and seizures, the plaintiffs argue, and also infringes the First Amendment right to free expression and association by means of government intimidation and surveillance."

MAGA, yet?

What a pussy.
I was harassed worse coming back from visiting Niagara Falls in 2011.

What a pussy.
I was harassed worse coming back from visiting Niagara Falls in 2011.

Trump is making the problem worse.
Are you defending his assaults on the First and Fourth Amendments?

I’m a Journalist but I Didn’t Fully Realize the Terrible Power of U.S. Border Officials Until They Violated My Rights and Privacy

"CBP has been doing warrantless device searches since the advent of the modern smartphone... but the practice has increased by some 300 percent since Trump took office.

"In late 2017, EFF teamed up with the American Civil Liberties Union and filed a case alleging the unconstitutionality of the administration’s blitz of warrantless searches.

"Anecdotally, CBP appears to be targeting typical Trumpian scapegoats, including Muslims, Latinos, and journalists, but anyone reentering the United States can be subject to these searches.

"The 11 plaintiffs in the EFF and ACLU case are a computer programmer, a filmmaker, a graduate student, a nursing student, a limousine driver, a businessman, an engineer, a professor, an artist, and two journalists.

"All are U.S. citizens or legal permanent residents who had experiences similar to mine."

 

[Eric Arthur Blair]

I thought the left liked invasive treatment from the Big Brother state they stand behind. How else can you explain their
support for Facebook, Google, You Tube, etc.? Maybe Rolling Stone should do a piece about the coming Chinese style surveillance state thanks to Mark Sucker-berg.

 

[Aletheia4u]

Trump and his handler recently joked about "fake news" at the G20:

"Texas journalist Seth Harp, a contributing editor at Rolling Stone, tells a harrowing tale at The Intercept about his May 13 effort to return to the U.S. from a reporting trip in Mexico City.

"Passing through immigration at the Austin airport, I was pulled out of line for 'secondary screening,' a quasi-custodial law enforcement process that takes place in the Homeland Security zone of the airport.

"Cooperation didn’t earn me any leniency.

"Next up was a thorough search of my suitcase, down to unscrewing the tops of my toiletries.

"That much I expected.

"But then a third officer, whose name was Villarreal, carefully read every page of my 2019 journal, including copious notes to self on work, relationships, friends, family, and all sorts of private reflections I had happened to write down.

"That was just the beginning.

"The real abuse of power was a warrantless search of my phone and laptop.

Trump's Border Bullies Harass a Journalist | DCReport.org

"After I gave an officer the password to my iPhone, he spent three hours reviewing hundreds of photos and videos and emails and calls and texts, including encrypted messages on WhatsApp, Signal, and Telegram.

"It was the digital equivalent of tossing someone’s house: opening cabinets, pulling out drawers, and overturning furniture in hopes of finding something — anything — illegal.

"He read my communications with friends, family, and loved ones.

"He went through my correspondence with colleagues, editors, and sources. He asked about the identities of people who have worked with me in war zones.

"He also went through my personal photos, which I resented.

"Consider everything on your phone right now.

"Nothing on mine was spared."

Trump recently gave the impression he believes Putin's treatment of Russian journalists is something to chuckle about.

What else can you expect from gangsters in high places?

 

[georgephillip]

Trump and his handler recently joked about "fake news" at the G20:

"Texas journalist Seth Harp, a contributing editor at Rolling Stone, tells a harrowing tale at The Intercept about his May 13 effort to return to the U.S. from a reporting trip in Mexico City.

"Passing through immigration at the Austin airport, I was pulled out of line for 'secondary screening,' a quasi-custodial law enforcement process that takes place in the Homeland Security zone of the airport.

"Cooperation didn’t earn me any leniency.

"Next up was a thorough search of my suitcase, down to unscrewing the tops of my toiletries.

"That much I expected.

"But then a third officer, whose name was Villarreal, carefully read every page of my 2019 journal, including copious notes to self on work, relationships, friends, family, and all sorts of private reflections I had happened to write down.

"That was just the beginning.

"The real abuse of power was a warrantless search of my phone and laptop.

Trump's Border Bullies Harass a Journalist | DCReport.org

"After I gave an officer the password to my iPhone, he spent three hours reviewing hundreds of photos and videos and emails and calls and texts, including encrypted messages on WhatsApp, Signal, and Telegram.

"It was the digital equivalent of tossing someone’s house: opening cabinets, pulling out drawers, and overturning furniture in hopes of finding something — anything — illegal.

"He read my communications with friends, family, and loved ones.

"He went through my correspondence with colleagues, editors, and sources. He asked about the identities of people who have worked with me in war zones.

"He also went through my personal photos, which I resented.

"Consider everything on your phone right now.

"Nothing on mine was spared."

Trump recently gave the impression he believes Putin's treatment of Russian journalists is something to chuckle about.

What else can you expect from gangsters in high places?

Will you SOB like a SNOWFLAKE?

BREAKING NEWS: The Pressure Mounts - New York Senate OKs Giving US House Trump State Tax Return - Los Angeles Sentinel

 

[georgephillip]

I thought the left liked invasive treatment from the Big Brother state they stand behind. How else can you explain their
support for Facebook, Google, You Tube, etc.? Maybe Rolling Stone should do a piece about the coming Chinese style surveillance state thanks to Mark Sucker-berg.

What's Trump done to inhibit the surveillance state?

William Barr Helped Build America’s Surveillance State

"William Barr, President Trump’s nominee for attorney general, has a history of getting it wrong. From designing warrantless surveillance programs to justifying the president’s power to disregard acts of Congress, Barr has advanced dubious legal theories that have been rejected by the courts, Congress, and the public."

 

[Polishprince]

Meh...the TSA does that to everyone before they get on an airplane.

No, they do not. And, he was not getting on a plane, he was departing one. What reasonable explanation is there for reading a person's personal notes and documents without articulable evidence of a crime or threat?

There may have been a concern that the individual may have been colluding with foreign powers in subvert our Democracy. Probably a perfectly legit FISA warrant drawn up.

The reporter should have actually THANKED the intelligence operatives for their thoroughness in keeping our country joyous.