on june 2, 1987 komisaruk broke into the vandenberg air force base and destroyed a mainframe computer that she believed to be part of a u.s. first-strike nuclear launch system, navstar. from an "los angeles times" article that year:she broke into the building and for two hours trashed a million-dollar mainframe ibm 3031 computer, hacking away at it with crowbar, bolt cutters, hammer and cordless drill. she danced on the computer chips she had pried loose, spray-painted the casing walls with slogans such as "international law," "nuremberg" and "defense of necessity," and climbed to the roof to take similar action against a satellite dish.she left behind a bouquet of flowers, a box of mrs. fields cookies, and a poem: "i have no gun / you must have lots. / let's not be hasty / no cheap shots. please have a cookie and a nice day." komisaruk walked off the base, hitched a ride to the bay area, got some legal advice and gave herself up after holding a news conference at the federal building in san francisco.in her defense, she attempted to cite the nuremberg principle against starting wars of aggression, although the court was not allowed to hear that argument. in fact, the judge forbade her or her attorney from using any of the terms "nuclear missile", "first strike", "nuremberg principles", or "international law".