Former Mozilla CTO was detained at US border and told he had no right to lawyer

Former Mozilla CTO was detained at US border and told he had no right to a lawyer

Andreas Gal, former chief technical officer of Mozilla, filed a civil rights complaint against US Customs and Border Protection after he was detained in late 2018 for several hours at the San Francisco International Airport, interrogated, asked to unlock his devices, threatened with false criminal charges, and told he couldn’t have a lawyer. From the ACLU website:

After Dr. Gal made clear that he would not unlock his devices without first consulting with his employer and an attorney, a CBP officer stated that Dr. Gal was legally required to supply his passwords in response to their request. The CBP agent told Dr. Gal to “look up 18 U.S.C. § 111,” which states that any person who “forcibly assaults, resists, opposes, impedes, intimidates, or interferes with” a federal officer in the performance of official duties is committing a federal crime.

Source: boingboing.net