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USA: Journalists, Lawyers Forced to Handover Data At Airports

Written bySolana Larsen
Posted 22 February 2011 14:49 GMT

Several American journalists and lawyers who work abroad regularly, have their laptops, flash drives, notebooks and business cards copied by immigration authorities at airports, according to the ACLU. Amy Goodman shares the story of journalist Brandon Jourdan, who says it's happened to him seven times.

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