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I see a bunch of stories about this recently, but they all seem to derive from this 2008 one: http://www.aclu.org/blog/technology-and-liberty/homeland-sec...

Has there been any actual new reporting since then?

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Cases are making their way through the courts. House v. Napolitano is the furthest along, I think. The court denied the government's motion to dismiss. http://www.uscourts.gov/Multimedia/Cameras/DistrictofMassach...

I really think this just needs to move up the chain. I can't imagine higher level courts weakening the fourth amendment.

Is this a case where the plaintiff actually crossed the border, or an exclusion zone case where he just happened to be within about 50 miles of the border?

It was at the O'Hare airport: http://www.aclu.org/files/assets/2011.09.21_-_doc_17_-_pl._s...

Not the best case for the original issue then.

Why not? It's in the zone. House is a US citizen. The only complicating factor is that he was involved in political speech, so now we're dealing with first amendment issues, too.

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