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struggle4progress Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-28-09 08:18 PM
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15. New Zealand man gives military files to American Embassy
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — U.S. officials took possession Wednesday of an MP3 player that a New Zealand man found held 60 U.S. military files, including names and telephone numbers of American soldiers, the man said ...

Details of equipment deployed to bases in Afghanistan, including the main U.S. base of Bagram, and a mission briefing were also found in files, most of them dated 2005. Some of the files included a warning that the release of the contents was "prohibited by federal law" ...

Two U.S. Embassy staff from the capital, Wellington, visited Ogle at his home Wednesday and took possession of the MP3 player, exchanging it for a new one.

"That was cool. It was a pretty serious upgrade," Ogle said, laughing ...

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2009-01-28-newzealand-man-usmilitary_N.htm?csp=34
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