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Re: Be aware when traveling to the USA.

2008-08-02 14:43:33

On Sat, 2008-08-02, Jeroen Massar wrote:
Truman Boyes wrote:

How about mailing yourself a USB drive with encrypted data and taking 
that along for the trip.

Unfortunately, the above interpretation is defeated by the last two
sentences of the relevant paragraph in the CBP document:

----------8<----------
Sealed Letter Class Mail. Officers may not read or permit others to read
correspondence contained in sealed letter class mail (the international 
equivalent
of First Class) without an appropriate search warrant or consent. Only articles 
in
the postal system are deemed "mail." Letters carried by individuals or private
carriers such as DHL, UPS, or Federal Express, for example, are not considered 
to
be mail, even if they are stamped, and thus are subject to a border search as
provided in this policy.
----------8<----------

Guess they thought of that workaround.  :-(

So, back to the internet as savior!

-- 
Bill McQuillan <McQuilWP(_at_)pobox(_dot_)com>

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