Technical Error Reveals Classified Info on Death of Italian Agent

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Steve Worona <sworona () educause edu>
Date: May 2, 2005 1:57:05 PM EDT
To: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Subject: Technical Error Reveals Classified Info on Death of Italian  
Agent


For IP.  Apparently a clerk produced a redacted PDF that retained the
original classified text in the underlying file.

Surprising that no one but NPR seems to be covering this story.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4626839


> Technical Error Reveals Classified Info on Death of Italian Agent
> by Vicky O'Hara
>
> Morning Edition, May 2, 2005 · The U.S. military issued a report  
> this weekend on the killing of an Italian intelligence agent in  
> Iraq. Classified parts of the report were blacked out, but computer  
> users were able to access sensitive information about U.S. military  
> operations in an online version of the report.

Steve Worona


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