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by Anonymous User on Tue Feb 12, 2008 at 11:28:25 AM PDT

Sorry, customs can demand passwords and deny entry if you don't comply.  The cases on this are still being litigated, with one encouraging lower court ruling, but the pundits seem to think that customs will get its way on appeal.  Their argument seems to be that the fourth amendment applies within the US but not at the point of entry - otherwise they wouldn't be able to search your suitcase for that fifth of scotch.

I once visited East Germany while it was still communist.  The border crossings were nowhere near as stupid as the US has become in recent years.

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