High-Risk Travel

Short answer The airport is too late. By the time you are at the border, every decision that matters has already been made. This checklist works backwards from the border crossing: three weeks before, one week before, 48 hours before, at the border, in-country, returning. Each phase has specific actions. None of them work if…

Short answer Eleven minutes from seizure to full content access. The laptop was password protected. Seven-character password. The correct response to this is not a better password — it is a travel device that contains nothing sensitive. A device that reveals nothing when searched cannot be used against you. Eleven minutes is how long it…