As the sun rises in El Paso, our convoy heads up Mount Cristo Rey. We are riding shotgun with border patrol agents as they drive us along the state line, where Texas turns into New Mexico and both ...

When the U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced last summer that it could seize anyone's laptop, mobile phone, or camera at the border to analyze them for an indefinite period, the criticism ...

One notebook is a cause of and solution to the confusion, frustration, and violence at the US border. (Reuters / Edgard Garrido) By signing up, you confirm that you are over the age of 16 and agree to ...

"Police blotter" is a weekly CNET News.com report on the intersection of technology and the law. What: A business traveler protests the warrantless search and seizure of his laptop by Homeland ...

Customs and Border Protection has long avoided explaining when, how and under what circumstances that agents at the nation's borders can look through a traveler's laptop, reading their email or ...

After two of its executives had their laptops and other electronic devices seized and searched at U.S. airports in May, BAE Systems PLC -- the U.K.-based defense and aerospace giant -- found itself ...