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Felony charges for citizen deleting phone data at US Border

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Re: Felony charges for citizen deleting phone data at US Border

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Post by hamper653 »

gruez wrote: post #3
floathub wrote: post #2

According to the article, he was actually using GrapheneOS and gave the border official the Duress PIN. So I guess technically it was the official that erased the data :-)

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There is a difference between exploding a bomb and deleting your data. One is a crime.

Re: Felony charges for citizen deleting phone data at US Border

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Post by owlninja »

pjc50 wrote: post #4

Paywalled, but what is the actual charge? Is it some extremely generic "obstructing an investigation" one? The US is quite good about making court documents available on line, if someone can find it.

Here's a gift link: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/21/us/politics/samuel-tunick...

Re: Felony charges for citizen deleting phone data at US Border

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Post by hoppyhoppy2 »

pjc50 wrote: post #4

Paywalled, but what is the actual charge? Is it some extremely generic "obstructing an investigation" one? The US is quite good about making court documents available on line, if someone can find it.

The article says he was charged with obstruction.

You can try this "gift link" to the article: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/21/us/politics/samuel-tunick...

Re: Felony charges for citizen deleting phone data at US Border

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Post by jeroenhd »

pjc50 wrote: post #4

Paywalled, but what is the actual charge? Is it some extremely generic "obstructing an investigation" one? The US is quite good about making court documents available on line, if someone can find it.

Knowingly providing a PIN that would erase evidence is going to get tough in court.

But the man was also hated by the cops because of his activism. They were going to catch him for something, some day. This incident just provided the necessary excuse to lock him up.

Re: Felony charges for citizen deleting phone data at US Border

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Post by hamper653 »

hoppyhoppy2 wrote: post #8
pjc50 wrote: post #4

Paywalled, but what is the actual charge? Is it some extremely generic "obstructing an investigation" one? The US is quite good about making court documents available on line, if someone can find it.

The article says he was charged with obstruction. You can try this "gift link" to the article: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/21/us/politics/samuel-tunick...

Obstruction to what though?
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