# smartphones
*Canonical page:* https://truthscore.com/entity/smartphones--73c9b4c9
*Machine twins:* https://truthscore.com/entity/smartphones--73c9b4c9.md · JSON at https://truthscore.com/api/v1

Kind: **asset**

Also written as: two smartphones · the phones · his phones · the devices · phone devices

## Involved in

- [CBP seized Blumenthal’s phone devices to extract information on his sources, communications with sources, and journalist methods for conducting fieldwork and…](https://truthscore.com/claim/11d91046)
- [CBP’s warrantless seizure and continued retention of Blumenthal’s phones violate the First and Fourth Amendments and the Privacy Protection Act.](https://truthscore.com/claim/36d6c6e1)
- [When Blumenthal declined to provide the passcodes to his two phones because doing so could compromise his constitutional rights and confidential sources, an…](https://truthscore.com/claim/60b8465e)
- [Loomer celebrated the seizure and described Blumenthal as a national security threat after CBP seized his phones on July 14.](https://truthscore.com/claim/bbf6d44b)
- [CBP seized the phones but left Blumenthal’s laptop and camera untouched, despite claiming to be searching for evidence of criminal activity or child sexual…](https://truthscore.com/claim/d8d89787)
- [Border-search authority cannot be used to punish disfavored journalism or expose confidential sources, and the government must return Blumenthal’s phones and…](https://truthscore.com/claim/d8fcc50d)
- [The motion seeks the immediate return of both devices and all information or copies obtained from them under Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 41(g), along…](https://truthscore.com/claim/e493b46f)