Documents for O'Neill Book Were Classified [View All]

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By JEANNINE AVERSA

WASHINGTON (AP) - Documents given to former Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill for an insider book on his two years in President Bush's Cabinet contained classified information, successor John Snow told Congress in a letter on Friday.

Snow's letter, obtained by The Associated Press, said that a preliminary investigation conducted by the Treasury Department's inspector general found that sensitive information was released in the documents given to O'Neill after he was ousted in late 2002.

The "documents were not properly reviewed before their release," said the letter.

Treasury began an inquiry into the documents last month after a TV segment on CBS'"60 Minutes" during which O'Neill was promoting the book "The Price of Loyalty" showed a document marked "secret."<snip>

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