Stolen military equipment found on Internet

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Stolen military equipment found on Internet
By Christine Simmons - The Associated Press
Posted : Friday Apr 11, 2008 6:20:56 EDT

WASHINGTON — Stolen and sensitive U.S. military equipment, including fighter jet parts wanted by Iran and nuclear biological protective gear, has been available to the highest bidder on popular Internet sales sites, according to congressional investigators.

Using undercover identities, investigators purchased a dozen defense-related items on the auction site eBay and the online network Craigslist from January 2007 through last month and received the items “no questions asked.”

The Defense Department regards much of the stolen equipment to be on the U.S. Munitions List, meaning there are restrictions on their overseas sales, the Government Accountability Office said Thursday.

The equipment could land in international brokers’ hands or be transferred overseas, said the GAO, Congress’ investigative arm.

“Many of the sensitive items we purchased could have been used directly against our troops and allies, or reverse engineered to develop counter measures or equivalent technologies,” investigators said in their report.


Rest of article at: http://www.armytimes.com/news/2008/04/ap_stolenequipment_041008/

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1. arms sales

trickling down. war forever until the planet ceases to be.