On Fri, 16 Nov 2001, John Lawson wrote:
> I was working for a small place many years ago that had recieved, by
> Government contractor error, a 'classified' piece of radio gear stuck
> in a truckload of other RF junk we bought. The Feds came storming in
> one afternoon with the swat team (I am *not* making this up!!) and I
> spent about twenty minutes eating the dirty carpet with the muzzle of
> a rifle hovering behind my ear...same as the rest of the staff of the
> place... while they had the owner take them (at gunpoint) out in the
> 'yard', to the item in "question", which was then covered and taken
> away. After that, we were allowed up, but had to stay there in the
> office while the Feds went over and over and over the paperwork, and
> alternately grilling each of us about the 'item'. Then, they just
> left, without even a word. It was then 8:00 at night, and a crowd had
> gathered outside the place.
Did you ever find out what the hell it was? Some alien technology? An
early VCR with pornos of the President and the First Lady still in it?
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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