CBP Agents Held This U.S. Citizen for Hours Until He Agreed To Let Them Search His Electronic Devices

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4. What happens to someone with a stupid flip phone...

... and a laptop that boots up with no history?

I'm not paranoid, it's just that I'm easily distracted and really good at losing things when I travel.

DemocraticUnderground is my only "social media" and I don't suppose I have to tell anyone that.

The last time I was pulled aside by TSA I think it was because they needed a white guy to prove they weren't being racially biased. I'd been in line watching them harass a black family, with little kids and a baby who they finally let pass after they decided a breast pump wasn't a bomb. When it was my turn, being the weird white guy traveling alone from California, they decided to dig through all my stuff too.

Fortunately I'd remembered to pack all my prescription meds in their original containers and put my Swiss army knife in checked luggage.

They left a nice little note in my checked luggage too, just to let me know they were keeping me safe.