The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) will appear in federal court Wednesday morning to request evidence regarding the U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) seizure and week-long retention of journalist Max Blumenthal’s mobile phones. According to the court filings, officers questioned Blumenthal regarding his journalism, travel funding, interview payments, and potential plans to return to Iran. When Blumenthal declined to provide passcodes for his two phones, an officer stated the devices would be connected to machines for data extraction. Court Case (File)The devices were returned on July 17, one day after the ADC filed an emergency motion seeking their release. The government maintains the matter is moot, submitting a declaration from a CBP officer stating that Blumenthal’s phones were referred for inspection but federal officials were unable to access them.