While most everyone would agree that we need to more competently secure our borders, Ed Foster asks, “does that mean when entering the country we must all submit to a search not only of what’s in our luggage, but what’s in our heads?” Foster continues that, “at least in some circumstances, it would seem that being forced to divulge information inside your head, like a password, is not constitutional. On the other hand, Customs officials often make the argument that searching a laptop is no difference in essence that going through the contents of a briefcase,” he explains in this Gripe Line post. Naturally, the underlying issues in this are very big, and very knotty, to be sure. “We can all agree those who protect our borders need the right to see what anyone is bringing into the country, but how do we keep them from trying to see what’s in our head as well?” Talkback via the comments function below, or at Foster’s blog by following the above link. Security