Smuggling data across borders as you suggested could land you in a much larger world of hurt than bringing across a clean laptop, I would imagine. If your desk

Smuggling data across borders as you suggested could land you in a much larger world of hurt than bringing across a clean laptop, I would imagine. If your desktop was on 24/7 and you're the one who set it up, it would be trivial to determine if somebody other than yourself had physically accessed it. Applebaum's computer equipment was turned off when he left Berlin from what I understand.