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Information Technology News Stolen military equipment offered on eBay, Craigslist
Information Technology News Stolen military equipment offered on eBay, Craigslist | Stolen military equipment offered on eBay, Craigslist |
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| by Stephen Withers | |
| Monday, 14 April 2008 | |
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Page 2 of 2 The examples "clearly show the real risk that illegal weapons brokers, terrorists, and unauthorized agents of foreign governments also number among potential buyers."Featured Whitepaper
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According to the report, the sensitive items could be used directly against US interests (Iraqi insurgents have been known to wear US uniforms) or be subjected to reverse engineering in order to create countermeasures or equivalent items. Previous GAO investigations have found that potentially sensitive items have been inappropriately offered for sale through the US Government's own liquidation web site, and that the Department of Defense has sold new and unused items through that site at a fraction of their value at the same time as purchasing additional units of the same items from their suppliers. |
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