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Associated PressGlance: Sensitive Documents Found Online
Jul 11, 3:33 PM (ET)
By The Associated Press
An Associated Press survey of several file transfer protocol servers run by government agencies or contractors found documents that officials, when asked for them directly, deemed too sensitive to release.
A sample of the documents downloaded from FTP sites both by the AP and Christopher Freeman, a North Carolina resident who has privately researched the subject for years:
FOUND ONLINE: Photos, graphics and charts that outline the security features, as well as proposed upgrades to the facility's perimeter fencing, at Tallil Air Base in southeastern Iraq.
WOULD THEY RELEASE IT? No. A spokeswoman for the Army Corps of Engineers in Iraq said the material could jeopardize the security of troops at the base.
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