Friday, December 20, 2013

The dog had to be right

True or false? A woman from New Mexico has filed suit against the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the University Medical Center of El Paso, and various agents. She charges that she was searched for drugs while crossing the border into Texas. The search was initiated by a drug-sniffing dog. The Customs people really tried hard to verify that the dog was right; the woman was subjected to more than one search of her body cavities. She was taken to the Medical Center when the border search found no drugs. The Medical Center also found no drugs, but billed her $5,000 anyway. All of this was done without a search warrant being issued.

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