Border Protection

Beyond the Nation-State

Robert Koehler | Posted 11.29.2011

Read More: Guantanamo, Iran Hikers, Nationalism, Prisons, Patriotism, Iran, War on Terror, Torture, Border Protection, National Borders, Country Borders, World News
Robert Koehler

The division of the world into 194 random fragments, mostly born of war and exploitation, locked in a state of perpetual mistrust and ever-shifting tensions toward one another, is more problem than solution in the 21st century.

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Another Scary Government Program: the Government Gets to Seize Your Electronic Gear at the Border

Robert Schlesinger | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Illegal Search and Seizure, Border Protection, Department of Homeland Security, Intrusive Government, Privacy Invasions, Seizures, Invasions of Privacy, Invasion of Privacy, Electronic Data, Electronic Privacy, Privacy, Politics News
Robert Schlesinger

There's no legal difference between looking through your backpack and seizing your electronic data in the US. This is the stuff of the Cold War Soviet Union, right? Or maybe a third world dictatorship?

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