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Candid Camera

Police rushed to arrest a hang glider pilot who was taking photographs as he flew over the U.S. Ambassador’s residence in Herzliya, Israel. Michael Hochstadter, 46, was grabbed when he landed and questioned for hours about what he was doing. Just photographing the “beautiful homes,” he insisted. And the Ambassador’s house? “I saw a big American flag there, so I understood it was something American,” he said, adding he didn’t know he was violating any security perimeters. Police confiscated his cameras to review the photographs, and said that if there are only photos of “beautiful homes” on the rolls, the equipment and photos would be returned and the matter dropped. (AP) ...But if there’s just one photo of a beautiful woman sunbathing, it’s off to jail for life!


Publication Date: 25 July 1999

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