WASHINGTON, June 30 (UPI) -- Wisconsin Sen. Russ Feingold wants to restrict search and seizures of laptops and other digital devices at U.S. borders.
The Democratic chairman of the Senate Judiciary subcommittee on the Constitution, civil rights and property rights, called for laws to protect against "this gross violation of privacy" after a recent hearing on customs searches of digital technology such as laptop computers, hand-held devices and disk storage drives, the Washington Times reported Monday.