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An officer told Blumenthal his phones would be connected to machines to extract their data.

Published 2026-09-22. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

Statement: An officer told Blumenthal his phones would be connected to machines to extract their data.
Field: occurred_on
Value: 2026-07-10
About: incident 2026-cbp-seizes-grayzone-editor-phones-airport
Source: Editor questioned by officials at Virginia airport; phone seized and searched
Publisher: U.S. Press Freedom Tracker
Method: outlet report
Checked: 2026-09-22
Confidence: medium
Status: current
Source date: 2026-07-10

Quotation from the source

hook them up to machines