Feds Used Airline Passenger Lists To Stalk Manning's Friends
Stole their data storage devices when they returned from overseas trips
Federal agents entered the name of a friend of Chelsea Manning into a government watchlist database and waited months for him to leave the country for vacation just so they could nab him when he returned to seize his digital devices, according to documents released this week in a lawsuit.
Even though authorities had already questioned David Maurice House after the arrest of former Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning (formerly Bradley Manning) in May 2010, House was placed on the watchlist so that authorities could seize his digital media when he returned to the country, under a law that allows warrantless border searches.
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But remember, these rules and agencies are totally here to keep America safe, and only some kind of paranoid lunatic would think they would ever be used for political harassment!
But if he had nothing to hide surely he would have no objection to politically motivated fishing expeditions.