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Israeli Border Police Shoot US Student's Laptop

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. Alright, by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    who's the genius that gave Ballmer that 9mm?

  2. 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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  3. Aftonbladet: Israelisk "datachock" by carlhaagen · · Score: 1, Offtopic

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

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