The ACLU is mounting a legal challenge against random laptop searches by U.S. customs agents.

"Customs and Border Protection agents searched over 1,500 electronic devices at the US border over a period of nine months between October 2008 and June 2009," writes The Register's John Leyden.

"The ACLU is concerned there may be an element of racial profiling in those selected for data searches," Leyden writes.

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