A US citizen is facing charges for allegedly supplying US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents with a passcode that erased the contents of his phone during an airport interrogation. Samuel Tunick, an activist in a campaign to stop construction of a police training center in Georgia, is accused of destroying evidence during the January 24, 2025 incident at Atlanta's airport. Advertisement AdvertisementAdvertisement AdvertisementA hearing in the unusual case was held in a US District Court in Atlanta last week. "The screen went blank, flashed several times and the phone appeared to restart," according to CBP officers. Tunick's attorneys are arguing that his constitutional rights were violated, including his Fourth Amendment protection from warrantless search and seizure.