Comment Re:Good for him! (Score 1) 218
No. While parts C, D, and E are legally shaky, A and B, so long as they are temporally centered around the event, aren't on shaky legal ground at all. So if he had destroyed they data prior to attempting to cross the border itself, the government would almost certainly lose in court. But if he wiped the phone after he entered the checkpoint but before they asked him for it, they would probably win, and given that he caused the destruction of the information after they seized the phone, they will certainly win.