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It will self destruct in 5 seconds.]]>Jan 26th 2009 1:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/new-zealander-buys-used-mp3-player-finds-classified-us-army-fil/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/new-zealander-buys-used-mp3-player-finds-classified-us-army-fil/Jan 26th 2009 2:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/new-zealander-buys-used-mp3-player-finds-classified-us-army-fil/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/new-zealander-buys-used-mp3-player-finds-classified-us-army-fil/
Oh, but fear not, those SSNs are of soldiers long dead. ]]>Jan 26th 2009 2:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/new-zealander-buys-used-mp3-player-finds-classified-us-army-fil/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/new-zealander-buys-used-mp3-player-finds-classified-us-army-fil/
Yeah, I'm sure it was Dick Cheney's fault that someone decided it would be a good idea to store these confidential files on his/her MP3 player. Government employees don't do these things themselves, they only do exactly what our government tells them to do, nobody EVER deviates from the rules. Boy, you must chow down on everything CNN feeds you.]]>Jan 26th 2009 3:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/new-zealander-buys-used-mp3-player-finds-classified-us-army-fil/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/new-zealander-buys-used-mp3-player-finds-classified-us-army-fil/
Government doesn't want it because it pretends like it's nothing, but it's something! :P I'm bored. Little espionage action should get things going.]]>Jan 26th 2009 4:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/new-zealander-buys-used-mp3-player-finds-classified-us-army-fil/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/new-zealander-buys-used-mp3-player-finds-classified-us-army-fil/Jan 26th 2009 6:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/new-zealander-buys-used-mp3-player-finds-classified-us-army-fil/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/new-zealander-buys-used-mp3-player-finds-classified-us-army-fil/
We all know Dick doesn't know dick about technology, he's in a wheelchair from hauling that damn 1 ton safe-of-evidence around.

CNN? meh, msnbc, news.au, bbc.uk, singapore straights, shinbi, etc. etc.

But I guess 'faux' news is all you need, eh?]]>Jan 27th 2009 3:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/new-zealander-buys-used-mp3-player-finds-classified-us-army-fil/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/new-zealander-buys-used-mp3-player-finds-classified-us-army-fil/o weak! and he already plopped down ALL THAT MONEY!]]>Jan 26th 2009 1:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/new-zealander-buys-used-mp3-player-finds-classified-us-army-fil/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/new-zealander-buys-used-mp3-player-finds-classified-us-army-fil/Jan 26th 2009 2:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/new-zealander-buys-used-mp3-player-finds-classified-us-army-fil/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/new-zealander-buys-used-mp3-player-finds-classified-us-army-fil/Jan 26th 2009 1:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/new-zealander-buys-used-mp3-player-finds-classified-us-army-fil/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/new-zealander-buys-used-mp3-player-finds-classified-us-army-fil/Jan 26th 2009 1:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/new-zealander-buys-used-mp3-player-finds-classified-us-army-fil/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/new-zealander-buys-used-mp3-player-finds-classified-us-army-fil/Jan 26th 2009 1:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/new-zealander-buys-used-mp3-player-finds-classified-us-army-fil/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/new-zealander-buys-used-mp3-player-finds-classified-us-army-fil/Jan 26th 2009 1:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/new-zealander-buys-used-mp3-player-finds-classified-us-army-fil/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/new-zealander-buys-used-mp3-player-finds-classified-us-army-fil/Jan 26th 2009 2:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/new-zealander-buys-used-mp3-player-finds-classified-us-army-fil/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/new-zealander-buys-used-mp3-player-finds-classified-us-army-fil/Jan 26th 2009 3:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/new-zealander-buys-used-mp3-player-finds-classified-us-army-fil/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/new-zealander-buys-used-mp3-player-finds-classified-us-army-fil/Jan 26th 2009 3:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/new-zealander-buys-used-mp3-player-finds-classified-us-army-fil/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/new-zealander-buys-used-mp3-player-finds-classified-us-army-fil/Jan 26th 2009 6:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/new-zealander-buys-used-mp3-player-finds-classified-us-army-fil/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/new-zealander-buys-used-mp3-player-finds-classified-us-army-fil/
Of course, the CIA will likely have him promptly shot.]]>Jan 26th 2009 1:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/new-zealander-buys-used-mp3-player-finds-classified-us-army-fil/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/new-zealander-buys-used-mp3-player-finds-classified-us-army-fil/Wanted by the CIA.
Wanted by the FBI.

And I imagine the FBI people looking like Agent Smith, while the CIA people look like businessmen. There is a difference, I promise.]]>Jan 26th 2009 2:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/new-zealander-buys-used-mp3-player-finds-classified-us-army-fil/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/new-zealander-buys-used-mp3-player-finds-classified-us-army-fil/
They look like the CIA people, except they're invisible.]]>Jan 26th 2009 5:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/new-zealander-buys-used-mp3-player-finds-classified-us-army-fil/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/new-zealander-buys-used-mp3-player-finds-classified-us-army-fil/
"New Zealander buys used MP3 player, finds confidential US Army files in like-new condition"

but of course, "classified" does generate more interest.]]>Jan 26th 2009 1:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/new-zealander-buys-used-mp3-player-finds-classified-us-army-fil/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/new-zealander-buys-used-mp3-player-finds-classified-us-army-fil/]]>Jan 26th 2009 4:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/new-zealander-buys-used-mp3-player-finds-classified-us-army-fil/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/new-zealander-buys-used-mp3-player-finds-classified-us-army-fil/Jan 26th 2009 1:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/new-zealander-buys-used-mp3-player-finds-classified-us-army-fil/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/new-zealander-buys-used-mp3-player-finds-classified-us-army-fil/
Stupid eBay, I hate that shit.]]>Jan 26th 2009 1:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/new-zealander-buys-used-mp3-player-finds-classified-us-army-fil/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/new-zealander-buys-used-mp3-player-finds-classified-us-army-fil/Jan 26th 2009 1:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/new-zealander-buys-used-mp3-player-finds-classified-us-army-fil/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/new-zealander-buys-used-mp3-player-finds-classified-us-army-fil/Jan 26th 2009 1:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/new-zealander-buys-used-mp3-player-finds-classified-us-army-fil/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/new-zealander-buys-used-mp3-player-finds-classified-us-army-fil/"Um... I don't know."

"I don't fuckin' know either."
"Report back to me when it makes sense."]]>Jan 26th 2009 1:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/new-zealander-buys-used-mp3-player-finds-classified-us-army-fil/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/new-zealander-buys-used-mp3-player-finds-classified-us-army-fil/Jan 26th 2009 1:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/new-zealander-buys-used-mp3-player-finds-classified-us-army-fil/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/new-zealander-buys-used-mp3-player-finds-classified-us-army-fil/Jan 26th 2009 2:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/new-zealander-buys-used-mp3-player-finds-classified-us-army-fil/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/new-zealander-buys-used-mp3-player-finds-classified-us-army-fil/Jan 26th 2009 2:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/new-zealander-buys-used-mp3-player-finds-classified-us-army-fil/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/new-zealander-buys-used-mp3-player-finds-classified-us-army-fil/Jan 26th 2009 2:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/new-zealander-buys-used-mp3-player-finds-classified-us-army-fil/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/new-zealander-buys-used-mp3-player-finds-classified-us-army-fil/Jan 26th 2009 2:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/new-zealander-buys-used-mp3-player-finds-classified-us-army-fil/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/new-zealander-buys-used-mp3-player-finds-classified-us-army-fil/Jan 26th 2009 3:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/new-zealander-buys-used-mp3-player-finds-classified-us-army-fil/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/new-zealander-buys-used-mp3-player-finds-classified-us-army-fil/
P.S. Who the f&$* advertise that he possibly has secure information? You might as well just go to a U.S. Army base wearing a T-shirt that says, "Call the Marines because I am a threat."]]>Jan 28th 2009 9:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/new-zealander-buys-used-mp3-player-finds-classified-us-army-fil/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/new-zealander-buys-used-mp3-player-finds-classified-us-army-fil/
The Marines call the army.

The Marines kick everyones ass first, then army navy and air farse are all on cleanup duty. Its standard order of operations. Its also first to fight.]]>Jan 29th 2009 2:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/new-zealander-buys-used-mp3-player-finds-classified-us-army-fil/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/new-zealander-buys-used-mp3-player-finds-classified-us-army-fil/
Also, burn after reading was awesome]]>Jan 26th 2009 2:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/new-zealander-buys-used-mp3-player-finds-classified-us-army-fil/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/new-zealander-buys-used-mp3-player-finds-classified-us-army-fil/Jan 26th 2009 3:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/new-zealander-buys-used-mp3-player-finds-classified-us-army-fil/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/new-zealander-buys-used-mp3-player-finds-classified-us-army-fil/Jan 26th 2009 3:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/new-zealander-buys-used-mp3-player-finds-classified-us-army-fil/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/new-zealander-buys-used-mp3-player-finds-classified-us-army-fil/
Wow, I don't think I have ever seen such a ridiculously pointless and obvious attempt at shoving your anti-government propaganda into the faces of a group of people who really could not give a crap. Well done.

And yes, I know I'm being a hypocrite but damn it sometimes things just need to be said!]]>Jan 26th 2009 3:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/new-zealander-buys-used-mp3-player-finds-classified-us-army-fil/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/new-zealander-buys-used-mp3-player-finds-classified-us-army-fil/Jan 26th 2009 3:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/new-zealander-buys-used-mp3-player-finds-classified-us-army-fil/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/new-zealander-buys-used-mp3-player-finds-classified-us-army-fil/Jan 26th 2009 5:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/new-zealander-buys-used-mp3-player-finds-classified-us-army-fil/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/new-zealander-buys-used-mp3-player-finds-classified-us-army-fil/
US Gov IT requirements don't allow you to use USB thumb drives on government computers. (I think this even applies to computers not approved for classified info.) However, their definition of "thumb drive" is pretty strict, so things like MP3 players and disk-based USB drives are somehow considered ok to use. So basically people use MP3 players and small external HDDs in exactly the same way they would normally use a USB thumb drive: moving stuff between PCs

I don't work for the gov, so I don't know first-hand, but this is basically my understanding.]]>Jan 26th 2009 4:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/new-zealander-buys-used-mp3-player-finds-classified-us-army-fil/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/new-zealander-buys-used-mp3-player-finds-classified-us-army-fil/Jan 26th 2009 5:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/new-zealander-buys-used-mp3-player-finds-classified-us-army-fil/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/new-zealander-buys-used-mp3-player-finds-classified-us-army-fil/
PS - I actually DO work for the gov't!]]>Jan 27th 2009 6:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/new-zealander-buys-used-mp3-player-finds-classified-us-army-fil/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/new-zealander-buys-used-mp3-player-finds-classified-us-army-fil/]]>Jan 26th 2009 4:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/new-zealander-buys-used-mp3-player-finds-classified-us-army-fil/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/new-zealander-buys-used-mp3-player-finds-classified-us-army-fil/Jan 26th 2009 5:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/new-zealander-buys-used-mp3-player-finds-classified-us-army-fil/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/new-zealander-buys-used-mp3-player-finds-classified-us-army-fil/Jan 26th 2009 7:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/new-zealander-buys-used-mp3-player-finds-classified-us-army-fil/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/new-zealander-buys-used-mp3-player-finds-classified-us-army-fil/Jan 26th 2009 5:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/new-zealander-buys-used-mp3-player-finds-classified-us-army-fil/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/new-zealander-buys-used-mp3-player-finds-classified-us-army-fil/Jan 27th 2009 2:28PM