DHS chooses to ignore the Fourth Amendment under the guise of "national security".

Claiming a "national security" need, non-elected Department of Homeland Security bureaucrats have decided they can ignore the Fourth Amendment of the Constitution and seize the electronic devices of anyone "near" the borders of the United States, without warrant, suspicion or probable cause.

For those that haven't reviewed the Constitution lately, the Fourth Amendment clearly states:

"The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized."

This decision by DHS is ripe for abuse:

• The Department of Homeland Security’s civil rights watchdog has concluded that travelers along the nation’s borders may have their electronics seized and the contents of those devices examined for any reason whatsoever — all in the name of national security.
• The DHS, which secures the nation’s border, in 2009 announced that it would conduct a “Civil Liberties Impact Assessment” of its suspicionless search-and-seizure policy pertaining to electronic devices “within 120 days.” More than three years later, the DHS office of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties published a two-page executive summary of its findings.
• “We also conclude that imposing a requirement that officers have reasonable suspicion in order to conduct a border search of an electronic device would be operationally harmful without concomitant civil rights/civil liberties benefits,” the executive summary said.

What next then? After it's established that anyone near the border is open to unwarranted search and seizure, expect Napolitano's "Homeland Suppression Army" to be able to search your home anywhere in the United States at will, and seize your assets and belongings as she deems necessary to the needs of "national security."  It would appear that President Obama is not only allowing, but actually encouraging, non-elected, appointed bureaucrats to simply ignore the highest law of the land, the United States Constitution, and do what ever they deem necessary to intimidate the citizens of the United States.