Tor Developer Detained At US Border, Pressed On Wikileaks 637
suraj.sun writes with this news from CNET: "A security researcher involved with the Wikileaks Web site — Jacob Appelbaum, a Seattle-based programmer for the online privacy protection project called Tor — was detained by US agents at the border for three hours and questioned about the controversial whistleblower project as he entered the country on Thursday to attend a hacker conference. He was also approached by two FBI agents at the Defcon conference after his presentation on Saturday afternoon about the Tor Project. Appelbaum, a US citizen, arrived at the Newark, New Jersey, airport from Holland Thursday morning, was taken into a room, frisked and his bag was searched. Officials from the Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the US Army then told him he was not under arrest but was being detained. They asked questions about Wikileaks, asked for his opinions about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and asked where Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is, but he declined to comment without a lawyer present, according to the sources. He was not permitted to make a phone call, they said." Appelbaum told me that he just spoke at length with The New York Times, and quipped that his Defcon talk about Tor was "just fine, until the FBI showed up"; this post will likely be updated with more details.
Update: 08/02 03:59 GMT by T : Here's the NYT's coverage.
Re:Opinions are a crime now? (Score:5, Funny)
what law says they have the right to detain anyone without a resin? even with the patriot act they STILL need a resin!
Undoubtedly without a resin, nothing would stick.
Re:of course (Score:4, Funny)
Your attachment to due process and the constitution makes Henry Kissinger cry.
Re:Opinions are a crime now? (Score:4, Funny)
this is true but FISHING for a resin like they were doing ISN'T a resin
I think you're missing something:
Resin: any of various solid or semisolid amorphous fusible flammable natural organic substances that are usually transparent or translucent and yellowish to brown, are formed especially in plant secretions, are soluble in organic solvents (as ether) but not in water, are electrical nonconductors, and are used chiefly in varnishes, printing inks, plastics, and sizes and in medicine
Reason: The word you appear to be looking for.
Re:Opinions are a crime now? (Score:5, Funny)
I wish you people would stop thinking that the US is the best at everything. Our law enforcement in the UK is just as bad.
Re:"Detained" (Score:2, Funny)
-- United States Citizen
Re:Opinions are a crime now? (Score:5, Funny)
"Thank you for calling 9-1-1. What is the nature of the emergency?" I'd like to speak with my lawyer!