Just read a little ' inside the fold' story about the extent that ' Homeland Security' can peek and poke about.

Seems that the ' courts ' or whoever have ruled that anyone travelling with an iPod, Mpeg player, laptop or ' personal communication device '[ i.e. blackberry , etc ]can't complain if their stuff is targeted for a ' random check ' of its contents..

laptops, for the purpose of ' security ' are considered luggage..and can be ' opened' for inspection..

If the person snooping comes across stuff like ' suspect' banking info, or child porn or plans to blow up the White House or anything that may be construed, interpreted or otherwise surmised to be of a criminal or terrorist or anti-societal nature, they can be turned over to the relevant security or law enforcement agency for ' further enquiries '...

suspect material may be deemed to be any visual or audio material stored in any [trans]portable device or links to any source deemed counter to Homeland Security interests..


doesn't get any nosier than this.....

intimate holiday snaps of the wifey best not be uplinked/downloaded or stored for future viewing if you want to escape the evil eye gaze of Big Brother...

too true, but had we had access to the possible electronic plans of 9-11, we might have been able to stop them before it happened. Now honestly, wouldn't that have been a good thing?

When I see and suffer all that security stuff (I am not against it) I know that the terrorists have won the war. They have succeeded to make aspects of our lives miserable. And the authorities aid them by overdoing things. Example: I couldn't get into Ft. Lewis Wa. to visit the PX because I didn't have a US driver's licence. My Military ID card (Retired) and US Passport wasn't good enough. This is no bull.

Hmmm, you walked onto the base?

No, I turned around and left. I just wanted to visit the museum they have there. Otherwise, I have no business at Ft. Lewis. (in other words: I don't live there and need the PX etc.). But this story is no bull. They didn't let me in because I drove a rental car and had a German driver's licence of the new type that can't be forged (security stripe, picture, hologram etc.) I think they were just stupid. My Mil ID Card and US PP was NO GOOD!