{"id":8197,"date":"2009-12-15T14:05:10","date_gmt":"2009-12-15T14:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kahawatungu.com\/?p=20"},"modified":"2021-12-20T10:07:37","modified_gmt":"2021-12-20T07:07:37","slug":"im-sorry-but-we-blew-up-your-laptop-welcome-to-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kahawatungu.com\/im-sorry-but-we-blew-up-your-laptop-welcome-to-israel\/","title":{"rendered":"I\u2019m sorry but we blew up your laptop (welcome to Israel)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Israeli airport security, clearly always on high alert, shot the hell out of a young woman\u2019s laptop at the airport. Incredibly the HDD survived.<\/p>\n

I went inside to check on my bag. I had left it unattended, where they instructed. It was still there so I went back outside.<\/p>\n

Moments later a man came outside and introduced himself as the manager on duty. And then, \u201cI\u2019m sorry but we had to blow up your laptop. \u201c<\/p>\n

What\u2026.all my client case notes and testimony, writing, pictures, music and applications. Years of work. NO!!!! What?? Are you insane?? What were you thinking? THAT\u2019S ALL MY WORK!?<\/p>\n

After much yelling, crying and frantic phone dialing (don\u2019t be alarmed if I called you repeatedly this morning), he took me outside to see the wreckage. It turned out it hadn\u2019t been quite blown up, but rather shot through with three bullets. We were able to extract the hard drive, seemingly unscaved. Thank goodness.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

More info here<\/a> via here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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