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>> Who were they giving the laptops to?

Other leaders. Leaders who were coming to visit [UAE] sheiks... “Thanks for coming. Just as a sign of our appreciation, here’s a bunch of stuff.” One of those things happened to be a laptop. We do know that they were turned on sometimes. What happened after that we don’t aways know the answers to.

Got to be some sort of basic rule of being a leader not to take electronics from a foreign government and turn it on - or even do more than accept it to be gracious and then ensure it never goes anywhere near you.

parent docdeek 5 years ago

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