From The Virginian-Pilot
By Daryl Lease

“Federal agents may take a traveler’s laptop computer or other electronic device to an off-site location for an unspecified period of time without any suspicion of wrongdoing, as part of border search policies the Department of Homeland Security recently disclosed.”

“WHATCHA got there, Mitchell?”

“Another laptop, Wilson. The fellow carrying it was bellyaching about the airline charging seven bucks for a blanket and a pillow. So I nabbed him.”

“Sounds like he’s a potential menace to the homeland. Good work. Finding anything interesting on his computer?”

“Well, I turned up an e-mail cleverly hidden in a folder marked ’spam.’ It’s from the son of a deposed Nigerian prince asking for help wiring $21 million to a U.S. bank account.”

“Aaah, so he’s associating with Nigerians, is he? Interesting, interesting. Remind me: Are the Nigerians for or against us in the war on terror?”

“Against, I think. Or maybe for. To tell you the truth, I have an awful hard time keeping track.”

“Me, too. You’d better copy the e-mail. I don’t like the sound of it. Anything else?”

“A video with Paris Hilton in it.”

“Wonderful! We’ll detain him on obscenity charges.”

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