(ANALYSIS) --- Sidd Bikkannavar should not have raised any red flags with Customs and Border Patrol, much less should the U.S.-born scientist with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab have been forced to fork over phone and social media passwords in order to return to the country after a trip to Chile. But thanks to an abrupt, uncoordinated, and
US-Born NASA Scientist Detained At Border, Forced To Unlock Phone
A U.S.-born NASA scientist was detained by border patrol until he agreed to provide a PIN number for an officer to search his phone.