The story about the stolen military computer files from the Bagram Air Base in Afganistan is breaking on
MSNBC right now. Apparently NBC reporters have bought some of the stolen military data at an Afgan sidewalk Bazaar and have viewed the files. Other, so far un-named news organizations have also bought some data files at the Bazaar. And what's on these files is sure to grab the headlines.
Details below the fold:
As easy as buying groceries:
Just outside the main gate of the huge U.S. military base in Bagram, Afghanistan, shopkeepers at a bazaar peddle a range of goods, including computer drives with sensitive -- even secret information -- stolen from the base.
This week, an NBC News producer, using a hidden camera, visited the bazaar and bought a half dozen of the memory drives the size of a thumb known as flash drives. On them, NBC News found highly sensitive military information, some which NBC will not reveal.
"This isn't just a loss of sensitive information," says Lt. Col. Rick Francona (ret.), an NBC News military analyst. "This is putting U.S. troops at risk. This is a violation of operational security."
So what's on the files:
Some of the data would be valuable to the enemy, including:
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Names and personal information for dozens of DOD interrogators;
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Documents on an "interrogation support cell" and interrogation methods;
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IDs and photos of U.S. troops.
And, guess what? More photos of battered and dead Muslims to once again inflame the Islamic world:
Among the photos of Americans are pictures of individuals who appear to have been tortured and killed, most too graphic to show. NBC News does not know who caused their injuries. The Pentagon would not comment on the photos.
How Nice!
This is one Big F' Up folks! But knowing this crowd, those in charge of Security at the Bagram Air Base will probably all get medals for it!