US returns items taken from MIT researcher, Bradley Manning supporter

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By Vivian Ho
Globe Correspondent / December 24, 2010

The electronic possessions of an MIT researcher who is a supporter of the soldier alleged to have given classified information to WikiLeaks were returned to him Wednesday, seven weeks after the US government confiscated them, the American Civil Liberties Union said yesterday.

David House, 23, returned to his Cambridge home Wednesday to find a box with the laptop, digital camera, and USB drive that were taken from him by Department of Homeland Security officials on Nov. 3 at O’Hare International Airport in Chicago. House had been reentering the country after a trip to Mexico.

According to the US Customs Services Detention Notice and Custody Receipt for Detained Property, his belongings were detained for a simple border search. House, however, said he was questioned about his involvement with US Army Private First Class Bradley Manning, who allegedly passed information about the Iraq war to WikiLeaks, and the Bradley Manning Support Network.

“You hear about the US government overstepping its bounds, but you never really come face to face with it,’’ he said. “I’ve come face to face with it, and it has been a jarring experience for me, to say the least.’’

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1. So interesting to me that this post get's the standard two unrecs.

Those silly lurking freepers. I guess they would rather hide the truth. Or maybe they are not lurking freepers but something more sinister. ... seriously

For me :kick: and rec.