Nextgov: The Homeland Security Department occasionally examines foreign travelers’ phones, tablets and laptops as they’re entering the country. Often, it’s a search for potential terrorists, but Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly told Congress this week about another threat that so-called “extreme vetting” could thwart: pedophiles.
Kelly, who testified during his confirmation that DHS might ask travelers to hand over their social media credentials, told the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee that half a percent of the million visitors who enter the U.S. each day get their devices screened.
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