# U.S. Customs and Border Protection
*Canonical page:* https://truthscore.com/entity/u-s-customs-and-border-protection--2732edf0
*Machine twins:* https://truthscore.com/entity/u-s-customs-and-border-protection--2732edf0.md · JSON at https://truthscore.com/api/v1

Kind: **org**

Also written as: CBP · the agency

## 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)
- [Blumenthal believes DHS and CBP targeted him due to his journalism, specifically his critical coverage of U.S. foreign policy and long record of exposing…](https://truthscore.com/claim/23644ea6)
- [CBP detained Blumenthal for approximately two and a half hours after he returned on July 10 from a reporting trip to Iran for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s funeral.](https://truthscore.com/claim/32f9d744)
- [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)
- [During Blumenthal’s detention, CBP officers asked questions that closely mirrored Loomer’s post.](https://truthscore.com/claim/686302ef)
- [Tunick provided a US Customs and Border Protection officer with a duress password, and when used to forcibly unlock a phone the duress password wipes all data…](https://truthscore.com/claim/88bd58e7)
- [CBP officers questioned Blumenthal about his journalism, who funded his travel, whether he had been paid for interviews, and whether he planned to return to…](https://truthscore.com/claim/a3494bb9)
- [CBP describes searches of electronic devices as “rare” and says the practice is reserved to combat serious crimes and national security threats.](https://truthscore.com/claim/b476037e)
- [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)
- [Once data has been wiped from a GrapheneOS-powered phone, there is no way to recover any of it.](https://truthscore.com/claim/d962266d)

## Statements attributed to it

- [CBP describes searches of electronic devices as “rare” and says the practice is reserved to combat serious crimes and national security threats.](https://truthscore.com/claim/b476037e) — independent