] Michigan lawmakers took a tentative first step Wednesday ] to criminalize a bizarre high-tech weapon called the ] e-bomb, which sounds really scary but might not exist at ] all. ] ] Acting on the better-safe-than-sorry model of ] legislating, the House Criminal Justice Committee voted ] unanimously to add e-bombs -- also called electromagnetic ] bombs -- to Michigan's criminal code along with dynamite ] and other explosives. The "better-safe-than-sorry model"? Interesting.. ] At Wednesday's committee meeting, one witness used the ] movie "Ocean's 11," in which thieves use an e-bomb to ] disable electronics for a casino heist, as an example ] of its use. ... when Hollywood drives security awareness. Michigan might ban high-tech weapon; Bills would add e-bomb to state's criminal code |