> They wouldn't write "tried to sell the computer to Jews". From the article - “intended to send the computer device to a friend in Russia, who then planned to

> They wouldn't write "tried to sell the computer to Jews". From the article - “intended to send the computer device to a friend in Russia, who then planned to sell the device to SVR, Russia’s foreign intelligence service" Maybe that friend weren't ethnically russian, no one cares, the point is that it sounds more villainous.