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As we previously reported, the Ninth Circuit ruled in 2008 that the "border search" doctrine permits government agents to search laptops and other electronic devices at international border crossings without any suspicion of criminal wrongdoing
Several federal courts of appeal have held that the government can search electronic devices carried across the border by incoming travelers without probable cause or even reasonable suspicion that a crime has occurred
