Government Accountability Office investigators posing as private citizens were able to buy sensitive excess military equipment from a Department of Defense logistics agency, a GAO report obtained by NBC News shows.
The equipment included two launcher mounts for shoulder-fired guided missiles, two guided missile radar test sets, ceramic body armor inserts currently used by deployed troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, a digital signal converter used in naval surveillance, an all-band antenna used to track aircraft and 12 digital microcircuits used in F-14 fighter aircraft.
GAO identified at least 79 buyers of 2,669 sensitive items between November 2005 and June 2006...
How can you get ready for the Second Coming without the right ordinance?
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Those family issues I mumbled about last week are coming to the fore, and I have to drive to Nashville to see my dying father.
Score another one for the Marlborough Man.
You may not read my rambling words here again until next week.
Don't let Condi Rice start World War III without me!
Leather girls are always so impetuous.
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