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- Approved For Release 2008/11/06 · CIA-RDP04M01816R000502010009-4 - 34 - The role of authorization and its legality also is affected by changes in the law of border searches. It has long been accepted that things crossing the border are 19/ governed by special rules allowing search.~ These constitutional rules do not allow the government to subject a person to legal disabilities on account of his lawful 20/ . .· communications,~ but they allow federal officers to open the mail without warrants to look·for contraband and 21/ dutiable items, including pornography.~ These rules may ~ffect the expectation of privacy surrounding international correspondence. Moreover, the international exchange of ideas, ·especially with citizens of potentially unfriendly powers, may be on a different footing from the domestic 22/ exchange of ideas.~ 19/ See Cotzhausen v. Nazro, 107 U.S. 215 (1882); California Bankers Ass'n v. Snultz:-z;l6- U.S. 21, 62-63 (1974). 20/ Lamont v. Postmaster General, 381 U.S. 301 (1965). 21/ United States v. Thirty-seven Photogra~hs, 402 U.S. 363 TI971); United States v. 1~200 ft. Reels o Super 8 mm. Film, 413 U.S. 123 (1973). 22/ Kleindienst v. Mandel, 408 U.S. 753 (1972). A roved For Release 2008/11/06 : CIA-RDP04M01816R000502010009-4