I had my MacBook searched in Detroit after returning from a trip that took me to India and Thailand. My initial interview with customs went like this:

Customs: Wow. India and Thailand?
Me: Yes.
Customs: Are you traveling with anyone?
Me: No.
Customs: That's a lot of luggage for one person.
Me: I got some gifts for my wife and daughter.
Customs: Was this trip for business?
Me: No.
Customs: You went on vacation to India and Thailand without your family?
Me: Yes.
Customs: Blue line, please.

He wrote a code on my customs declaration and I went to the blue line.

In the blue line, a tag-team pair of early twenty-somethings checked my customs declaration and did a double take when one pointed at the code on my form. They took me aside and one ran interference with my bags while the other took my laptop aside and proceeded with an image search of my hard drive. After 25 minutes with my laptop and finding nothing of importance in my bags or computer, I was sent along and thanked for my understanding.

I was flying from SFO in July last year and was pretty early for my flight. I checked the terminal and then decided to grab a bite to eat. I had set my Blackberry down in the seat next to me and must've forgotten all about it. A few minutes later a Britsh guy found me and told my I better come grab my phone because someone called 911 FROM THE TERMINAL to report my Blackberry as a possible bomb!!

I got to the terminal as the police were approaching the area and snatched it. As I was walking away I could hear the paranoid person saying, "you just never can be too sure these days". I rolled my eyes and went back to my meal.