Does Homeland Security Target Journalists for Search and Seizure?

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Does Homeland Security Target Journalists for Search and Seizure? | PDNPulse

An article published yesterday by Salon.com’s Glenn Greenwald details the Department of Homeland Security’s repeated questioning and harassment of an American filmmaker when she has attempted to reenter the country after traveling overseas. According to G

via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.com/2012/04/does-homeland-security-target-journalists-for-search-and-seizure.html

Agents often wait for documentary filmmaker Laura Poitras at the door as she disembarks from international flights. Poitras, a US citizen, has been interrogated for hours, had her personal belongings and reporter’s notebooks seized, held and copied, and her laptop, phone and other devices searched and copied