Buying back Security in Afghanistan

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Hey you have to just laugh when you have security leaks...

US military buys back stolen flash drives from Afghan shopkeepers:


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"American investigators armed with a “box full” of cash have paid thousands of dollars to buy back stolen computer drives - many of which contain sensitive military data, shopkeepers outside the main US military base in Afghanistan said on Friday."


"Included on some memory drives seen by the AP earlier this week were the Social Security numbers of hundreds of soldiers, including four generals, and lists of troops who completed nuclear, chemical and biological warfare training.

None, though, had classified military secrets as reportedly seen by a Los Angeles Times journalist, who in an article Friday said he saw maps, charts and intelligence reports that appeared to detail how Taleban and Al Qaeda leaders have been using southwestern Pakistan as a key planning and training base for attacks in Afghanistan.

It said the drives also appeared to contain the identities of Afghan sources spying for US Special Forces that operate out of Bagram"

"They say the drives were stolen by some of the 2,000 Afghans employed as cleaners, office staff and laborers at Bagram. Though workers are searched coming in and out of the base, the flash drives are the size of a finger and can easily be concealed on a body."