# Border-search authority cannot be used to punish disfavored journalism or expose confidential sources, and the…
*Canonical page:* https://truthscore.com/claim/border-search-authority-cannot-be-used-to-punish-disfavored-journalism--d8fcc50d
*Numbers under lens:* **Evidence-weighted** (`log-odds@1`)
*Machine twins:* https://truthscore.com/claim/border-search-authority-cannot-be-used-to-punish-disfavored-journalism--d8fcc50d.md · JSON at https://truthscore.com/api/v1
Border-search authority cannot be used to punish disfavored journalism or expose confidential sources, and the government must return Blumenthal’s phones and any information obtained from them.

## Voices

*Counted, never weighed.*

- [American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee](https://truthscore.com/entity/0a846c4c) — independent

## Sources

- [ADC sues DHS Secretary Mullin over illegal CBP seizure of Max Blumenthal’s devices](https://truthscore.com/source/0ee81d4d)