Wow all I asked was a simple question some of you are frankly way over the top for me. I never knew there were so many people willing to fight and argue about if a reported event happened at plane gate or security control or even if it happened.
So to answer a few last questions before I leave:
The camera was new and had no pictures on it. The Ipod was old and had some horse pictures on it, music and a couple of books, and a couple of podcasts I get nothing of interest to anyone, the pen was a local bank giveaway, again nothing of any interest. The search occurred at the security check point as I was leaving to go to the plane gates, not at plane gate. I have no idea of the condition of the machine, it did have some kind of fiber round disk and they used 2 or 3 of them, they did have rubber gloves on but again I have no idea if they had changed the prior to searching my handbag.
As I said I allowed them to do this, I was naive and after this discussion I am a lot smarter. I am making contact with the authorities and I consider the issue closed at this point. Thanks to everyone for their input.