. New directives "address the circumstances under which" federal security personnel can
search computers and other electronic media at the border; provide "transparency, accountability and oversight" of such searches; and include "broad considerations of civil liberties and privacy protections." The U.S. Department of Homeland Security noted that about 1,000 laptop searches were performed at U.S. ports of entry between 1 October 2008 and 11 August 2009, including "just 46 in-depth" searches. DHS
posted a privacy impact assessment to its Web siteand said it would within 120 days conduct a civil liberties impact assessment.