Stolen, Sensitive Military Items for Sale On EBay and Craigslist
Want access to the newest in military technology without having to deal with such annoyances as "boot camp" and "Iraq"? Just look online.
According to a report by the Government Accountability Office (who knew such a thing existed!?), sensitive and stolen U.S. military items are being sold on eBay and Craigslist. The federal investigators posed as buyers, and successfully purchased a dozen prohibited military items on the sites.
These items ranged from night vision goggles to two F-14 fighter jet components, to a wardrobe's worth of army combat uniforms. Oddly enough, also available were body armor vests used by U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan –- the same gear that the army initially struggled to actually get to the troops themselves.
The report notes that the items purchased could easily have been shipped overseas and "used directly against our troops and allies."
Or, for the record, festered in some eBay addicted military fetishist's asbestos-filled basement for the next half-century.
From CNN
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
mycamp3 @ Apr 15th 2008 5:46AM
Hell
this is old news
I was telling my friends in 2003 I was able to buy weapons of mass destruction on E-Bay.