Sunday, 13. April 2008

Craigslist and eBay: Terrorist arms bazaars of DEATH


American government investigators believe that eBay and Craigslist are becoming international arms bazaars, facilitating the sale of "sensitive and stolen US military items" to the agents of sinister foreign powers - or even (gasp) terrorists. However, they have produced very little evidence to back this up.

In a newly-released report (pdf) entitled Undercover Purchases on eBay and Craigslist Reveal a Market for Sensitive and Stolen U.S. Military Items, the beancounters of the Government Accountability Office (GAO) lay out the shocking facts. It turns out that GAO agents operating "undercover" (on the internet) in recent months were able to purchase the following items on the named webmarts.

theregister.co.uk washingtonpost.com

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