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Reporters Find US Gov't Data In Ghana Market

narramissic writes "'Hundreds and hundreds of documents about government contracts,' were found on a hard drive purchased at a market in Ghana for the bargain basement price of $40, said Peter Klein, an associate professor with the University of British Columbia, who led an investigation into the global electronic waste business for the PBS show Frontline. The hard drive had belonged to US government contractor Northrop Grumman and in a made-for-TV ironic twist, 'some of the documents talked about how to recruit airport screeners and several of them even covered data security practices,' Klein said. 'Here were these contracts being awarded based on their ability to keep the data safe.'"

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  1. Re:What a news scoop....*yawn* by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Nope, Bonehead is usually a term for someone who's a bit thick, but i can find some evidence to suggest its a derogatory term used to refer to white power skinheads.

    Maybe different where you come from i guess

  2. Re:What a news scoop....*yawn* by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Strange, I always thought it was a word for skinheads.

  3. good thing by airdrummer · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    i'm getting laid off next weds;-)