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A Thrift Store Sold Australia's Classified Documents.

posted by janrinok on Thursday February 01 2018, @06:05PM   Printer-friendly
from the but-the-cabinet-was-locked-your-Honour! dept.

realDonaldTrump writes:

Filing cabinets containing thousands of classified documents from the Australian government ended up being sold at a secondhand shop, prompting government officials Wednesday to launch an investigation into how the highly sensitive documents were disposed of.

The cache of documents was obtained by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, which reported the two cabinets were sold by a Canberra furniture shop at a discount price because they were locked and no one could find keys." http://www.foxnews.com/world/2018/01/31/top-secret-files-left-in-filing-cabinets-sold-at-second-hand-shop.html

Nearly all the files are classified, some as "top secret" or "AUSTEO", which means they are to be seen by Australian eyes only.

But the ex-government furniture sale was not limited to Australians — anyone could make a purchase. And had they been inclined, there was nothing stopping them handing the contents to a foreign agent or government.

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  • (Score: 1) by DECbot on Thursday February 01 2018, @08:15PM (1 child)

    by DECbot (832) on Thursday February 01 2018, @08:15PM (#631655) Journal

    No, I think it means all Australians are part of their intelligence service.

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  • (Score: 3, Funny) by c0lo on Thursday February 01 2018, @11:24PM

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Thursday February 01 2018, @11:24PM (#631755) Journal

    AUSTEO.... Does that mean that Australia's intelligence services are bad to the bone?

    No, I think it means all Australians are part of their intelligence service.

    Not all of them.
    Only the ones with OSTEO, mate, only those.

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