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		tshtf on June 19, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Customer: Apple Store denied me iPad for speaking ... Since when to U.S. citizens need a government authorization to buy a computer?

joeblau on June 20, 2012 [–]

I don't know, read the law that Apple is citing. Apparently, it has to do with relation to Iran, Cuba, and North Korea.

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