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Old Feb 13, 2017 | 11:38 am
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Originally Posted by nrgiii
Interesting article about an incident at IAH. Seems that CBT has the power to search your phone but not the power to force you to unlock it?

I'm guessing that a GE member refusing to unlock a phone means GE status goes bye bye?

http://www.theverge.com/2017/2/12/14...ump-travel-ban
I wouldn't be surprised if he was targeted due to concerns about leaking or selling "secrets" (or facilitating contacts that may be seeking to be in that market) with regard to one or more Asian country -- perhaps India specifically. Sometimes that is why certain people in the governmental sciences sector with Asian ethnicity and affiliations get selected for such searches.

It is within the realm of the routine for some FBI counter-espionage investigations to use the CBP as a means to further an investigation.
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