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Article: Report: Sting shows terrorists could get sensitive military goods
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- July 23, 2006
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WASHINGTON -- Undercover government investigators purchased
sensitive surplus military equipment such as launcher mounts for
shoulder-fired missiles and guided missile radar test sets from a
Defense Department contractor.
Much of the equipment could be useful to terrorists, according to
a draft report by the Government Accountability Office, the
investigative arm of Congress.
In June, two GAO investigators spent $1.1 million on such
equipment at two excess property warehouses. Their purchases included
several types of body armor inserts used by troops in Iraq and
Afghanistan, an all-band antenna used to track aircraft, and a