For International Travelers, Reviving the Fourth Amendment | Cato Institute

For International Travelers, Reviving the Fourth Amendment | Cato Institute: "the law-abiding majority enjoy many constitutional liberties only because the law-breaking minority fights for those protections to avoid jail. The result often isn’t pretty—and raises complaints about the guilty going free because of constitutional “technicalities”—but nevertheless benefits the rest of us."

"DHS stated: “We conclude that CPB’s and ICE’s current border search policies comply with the Fourth Amendment. We also conclude that imposing a requirement that officers have reasonable suspicions in order to conduct a border search of an electronic device would be operationally harmful without concomitant civil rights/civil liberties benefits.”

If the agency cannot discern the civil liberties benefits of keeping government agents out of my computer, then DHS desperately requires serious oversight and, more important, firm limits."

'My Scientists Made Me Shrink Your Car' | Cato Institute

'My Scientists Made Me Shrink Your Car' | Cato Institute: "The government of Australia, and pretty much every other nation, funds research scientists and then relies on them for policy guidance. It is in the best interest of these government-funded scientists to ensure their fields — and therefore their jobs — are deemed of great importance."

"The initial [2000] assessment, however, would get only 1 out of 8 answers correct (12.5 percent) — essentially performing twice as badly as a random series of numbers.

The research program was aware of this problem and published its report anyway."