>Travelers' Laptops May Be Detained At Border
>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/01/AR2008080103030.html
>
>Wow, talk about a police state. What´s next?, take a traveler to an off-site location for an unspecified period of time without any suspicion of wrongdoing? Oh wait...

Note that the article says that it was common practice for years already. It's just published now.