A federal agent was waiting for the author soon after he got off an international flight. He was then treated to a brief but disturbing question-and-answer session.
Max Blumenthal: Why Did the Feds Question Me?
Tag: U.S. Customs and Border Protection
US Border-Industrial Complex’s Bipartisan Boom
Joe Biden proactively helped build up Donald Trump’s deportation infrastructure and left office as the king of border contracts, writes Todd Miller.
JOHN KIRIAKOU: Cellphone Seizures & the Courts
We cannot trust that federal agents will just be looking for child pornographers or international drug traffickers when they demand access to our electronics at the border.
Scott Ritter: The FBI’s Raid on Peace
Maybe the F.B.I. thought I would be intimidated by the raid, and opt to remain silent out of fear of generating unwanted attention. But all it really accomplished that day was to execute a raid on peace, the author says.
Youth Delegation to Cuba Detained on Return to US
The People’s Forum — a participating organization in the trip — said travelers were held and questioned for hours at airports and phones were wrongfully seized and searched by custom officials.
The Inter-American Commission’s Landmark Case
Marjorie Cohn highlights the first case being heard by the commission involving violence committed by U.S. law enforcement.
JOHN KIRIAKOU: Robbed by Law Enforcement
People who have never even been charged with a crime can have their life savings taken away. That’s civil asset forfeiture.