[jerryszczerry]

> Laura had been interrogated by U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agents on more than forty occasions when traveling internationally. Sometimes they temporarily confiscated her notebooks. Once, they took away her computer. […] As always, following her lawyer’s instructions, she took notes. This time, a federal agent declared that her pen was a potential weapon and threatened to handcuff her.

Freedom.

[zepto]

Bear in mind that this is someone who is considered by a significant part of the population and the government to be a traitor who aided various enemies.

Whether or not you share that view, it's hardly surprising that people who are supporting him are facing this kind of hassle.

[jacquesm]

> Bear in mind that this is someone who is considered by a significant part of the population and the government to be a traitor who aided various enemies.

Also known as a journalist. This view is not unique to one country either, there are lots of countries where journalists are given that treatment - or worse.

[pstuart]

The reports out of Mexico are a dire warning of how bad it can get for journalists.

[smhost]

Hey now, the U.S. isn't Mexico. We don't kill domestic political targets.

Some just conveniently die on their own. Rather patriotic of them, if you ask me.

[graton]

The interrogation in the article occurred before Snowden.

[kafkaesq]

Bear in mind that we have this thing known as a "constitution" , which such harassment definitely contravenes in spirit (and most likely the letter of as well).

Being as this constitution, as you will recall, was specifically designed to elevate due process and rule of law generally above the whims of public sentiment, and the flames of transient passions.

[jacquesm]

That's just plain harassment.