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		pjc50 on May 12, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Warrantless airport seizure of laptop “cannot be j... Parent comment was making a joke: Oliver North was one of the people involved in the Iran-Contra affair illegally shipping arms to Iran in the 80s while also supporting terrorism in Nicaragua.

a3n on May 12, 2015 [–]

I was self-aware at the time. :)

I might have realized that laptops weren't in common use at the time. I remember his secretary Fawn Hall smuggled documents out in her boots for him. How old school. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fawn_Hall

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