blake farenthold
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Government confirms that, yes, border searches of electronic devices way up
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Privacy advocates now have a number: Customs personnel roughly doubled their searches of electronic devices at the nation’s borders in the last six months, conducting nearly 15,000 searches of traveler phones and computers between October and March, according to numbers released by Customs and Border Protection. Capitol Hill lawmakers — including Colorado Rep. Jared Polis…
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Polis signs on to bill to protect against phone searches at airports, borders
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Colorado U.S. Rep. Jared Polis has joined a bipartisan effort on Capitol Hill to protect mobile phones from national border and airport searches, his office announced Tuesday. “The government should not have the right to access your personal electronic devices without probable cause,” he said. “Whether you are at home, walking down the street, or…
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? Colorado congressmen question safety of NASA’s partnership with SpaceX
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Three Colorado congressmen want greater government oversight of the NASA contractors who launch rockets at a time the space agency is trying to turn more of its operations over to private industry. Another launch by a private company took place last week to resupply the International Space Station. Although the flight from Wallops Island in…