At what point does the government go too far with national security and the invasion of privacy? Two cases were recently argued, U.S. v. Romm and U.S. v. Ickes, both ruled in favor of the government permission to search the contents of laptop computers when traveling internationally. Computers store a tremendous amount of information on their hard-drive including temporary Internet files when surfing the web. The United States is founded on being a free country, but at what point is surfing the Internet an illegal action? Suppose a travelling business person were downloading pornography while waiting for a return flight home. The government will search the computer and find information regarding the downloads. Is this going too far away from our founding principals? Should I be given the right to search the governments computer contents when I surf the web for federal monetary policy concerns? I think not, nor should they be given the right to search my computer contents.