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Israeli Border Police Shoot US Student's Laptop

Posted by kdawson on from the no-less-no-more dept.

zerothink writes "American student Lily Sussman, 21, upon entry into Israel from Taba (Egypt, Sinai) caught Israeli border police in grumpy mood — after two hours of questions and searching through her belongings they decided to put three bullets through her laptop. Explanation? 'I'm sorry but we had to blow up your laptop.' Haaretz also covered the story." All three bullets missed the hard disk.

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  1. Assholes or morons by Sockatume · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Perhaps they shot up the laptop because they didn't like her views and wanted to punish her, in which case they're assholes. Or they thought that the laptop was a bomb, and decided that lugging it out back by themselves and shooting it was the correct make-safe procedure, in which case they're morons. Their pick.

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    No kidding!!! What do you say at this point?
  2. Aftonbladet: Israelisk "datachock" by carlhaagen · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Datan blev skjuten tre gånger - men alla dödskulor missade modermodemet, själva hjärtat i datans hårddisk.