The question was whether a laptop computer that was seized at the border and subsequently searched two days later at a forensic lab 170 miles away would fall within the border search doctrine.

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But she said that such a transfer would involve five different steps, including from the jacket to the floor, from the floor to the outside of the suspect exhibit bag and from there to the forensic lab bench.

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He told BBC News that the journal article described everything needed to establish the test in a forensic lab, but that the team was also in touch with industry regarding their knowledge about hair and eye colour prediction.

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The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled last week in a case of first impression that if you are carrying electronics like computers, hard drives, smart phones, digital cameras, USB sticks or anything else that may contain questionable data when you enter the United States, it may be analyzed by Border Protection agents, either at the point of entry, or at a forensic lab off-site.

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The Milliyet newspaper said a forensic medicine lab will examine samples from Sierra's fingernails as well as hair and other samples from a blanket found near her body.

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At an industry privacy seminar earlier this month, Federal Trade Commission Consumer Privacy chief David Vladeck said the FTC has set up a full-scale forensic mobile lab dedicated to reviewing applications on iPads, iPhones, Androids, and other smartphones.

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This is the professional association of crime lab technicians around the world that deals with the forensic aspects of locks and safes when there is a crime.

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