Thompson Commends Border Laptop Search Directive
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Thursday, August 27, 2009
August 27, 2009 (WASHINGTON) – Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement following Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano’s announcement of new directives for border laptop searches:
“With the change in Administrations, there was an opportunity to bring greater accountability and transparency to the practices surrounding searches of electronic devices at the border. This policy announcement represents a major step forward and I am pleased to see that it seems to reflect many of the key provisions in legislation that Rep. Sanchez and I have been working for some time.”
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