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GREENSBORO, N.C. - Detailed schematics of a military detainee holding facility in southern Iraq. Geographical surveys and aerial photographs of two military airfields outside Baghdad. Plans for a new fuel farm at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan.
The military calls it "need-to-know" information that would pose a direct threat to U.S. troops if it were to fall into the hands of terrorists. It's material so sensitive that officials refused to release the documents when asked.
But it's already out there, posted carelessly to file servers by government agencies and contractors, accessible to anyone with an Internet connection.
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Originally posted by St Udio
don't act so surprised & aghast, that US Intel would behave like that..
It's the 21st century don't you know
Originally posted by St Udio
but it could also be deliberately 'leaked' stuff...
for whatever reasons
Originally posted by UM_Gazz
Right, but lives are on the line, in the information age we live in, the notion that sensitive information regarding military positions,
Originally posted by UM_Gazz
Could this be carelessness, or intentionally posted information meant to fall into the wrong hands?
Originally posted by uberarcanist
What if the information is wrong and is being used to set up a trap for the terrorists or something like that?
Originally posted by St Udio
but it could also be deliberately 'leaked' stuff...
for whatever reasons, maybe the national security guys had to pay a debt
to a un-friendly government so they arranged these 'accidental web postings'...
Originally posted by UM_Gazz
I wonder what if anything will be done in this case, at a minimum you'd thing they'd take steps to assure that such things cannot happen again. But realistically that could have already been easily done, which leaves the question, did someone intentionally make this sensitive and potentially dangerous information readily available, and if so why?