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7. What exactly is a "sympathetic photo"? Do they mean the lighting was good? Even if there were photos of some person X...

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Mon Mar 17, 2025, 04:33 PM

Mar 17

...on someone's phone, what law does that actually transgress?

It seems that the chances are that this event is based on just another instance of the Trump Administration lying or fabricating something. Courts exist for a reason. Due process exists for a reason.

Time needs to be set aside now for the lengthy trials that will be necessary for all of Trump's lackeys and minions in his administration.

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Deported Brown University professor had 'sympathetic photos' of Hezbollah leaders on her phone, DOJ says [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Mar 17 OP

So what? Biglinda 52 Mar 17 #1

Came here to say this. AllyCat Mar 17 #5

That would be an excellent argument Owens Mar 17 #19

The rules are different for citizens vs even legal aliens Steven Maurer Mar 18 #32

Price of kidney transplants may go up a bit. GreenWave Mar 17 #2

And shithole has a picture of Putin and.... Lovie777 Mar 17 #3

A Lebanese person had deleted videos of Lebanese political figures. Voltaire2 Mar 17 #4

Seeing as how the DOJ is quickly turning into trump's PR org, Torchlight Mar 17 #6

Turning or has been since 2016 ? republianmushroom Mar 17 #21

What exactly is a "sympathetic photo"? Do they mean the lighting was good? Even if there were photos of some person X... xocetaceans Mar 17 #7

How did they find the photos? Irish_Dem Mar 17 #8

Wonder about this too question everything Mar 17 #10

Did they have the photos before or after she was arrested/detained? Irish_Dem Mar 17 #12

After. She was first detained because she went to the funeral of Hezbolla's leader while in Lebanon. nt SunSeeker Mar 17 #15

Ok, so she was being tracked and followed. Irish_Dem Mar 17 #17

Correct. nt SunSeeker Mar 17 #18

I don't think she was being tracked. LisaL Mar 17 #24

Apparently CBP interrogated her at the airport upon her return from in Lebanon. SunSeeker Mar 17 #14

Usually people don't give someone else their phone unless asked or coerced. Irish_Dem Mar 18 #33

Of course. She was being interrogated. Pretty coercive situation. nt SunSeeker Mar 18 #35

Yes, grabbed, detained, interrogated, deported. Irish_Dem Mar 18 #36

I have read in several places that the people who are detained mgardener Mar 17 #25

Yes this must be what happened. Irish_Dem Mar 18 #34

Thought Crime Charges are coming tonekat Mar 17 #9

Who are the brain police? Initech Mar 17 #16

Lesson: whatever one posts in the ether is not private question everything Mar 17 #11

Pictures are not against the law angrychair Mar 17 #26

Agree. But this regime picks and chooses the parts of the law question everything Mar 17 #27

I don't believe anything this DOJ says, BUT Wiz Imp Mar 17 #13

This message was self-deleted by its author republianmushroom Mar 17 #20

If someone sent me a photo of Trumpsky and I deleted it... Harker Mar 17 #22

You mean she exercised her right to free speech? OH No :/ NotHardly Mar 17 #23

Something feels very fishy about this. How did they get access to her phone? tornado34jh Mar 18 #28

Customs Nasruddin Mar 18 #29

Maybe, but I get the feeling she won't be the last tornado34jh Mar 18 #30

Is there actual evidence swong19104 Mar 18 #31

I don't believe a word that comes out of this administration. hadEnuf Mar 18 #37

What the fuck is a "sympathetic photo?" Martin68 Mar 18 #38

CNN says she admitted she attended Nasrallah's funeral Ace Rothstein Mar 18 #39