From The Danger Room:Night vision goggles. Missile guidance chips. Triggered spark gaps used to detonate nuclear weapons. Electronic sensors used in improvised explosive devices. Military-grade body armor. Digital radios employed by U.S. Special Forces. Tags, to let troops identify one another in the dark. That’s just some of the sensitive military gear that investigators from the Government Accountability Office were able to openly purchase — and then “illegally expor[t] without detection.”
During a 13-month investigation, the GAO used “a bogus front company and fictitious identities” to buy the gadgets “in demand by foreign governments and terrorist organizations” around the world, Office special investigations chief Gregory Kutz told a Congressional panel today.
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My Comment: I hate reading stories like this one. You just know that our enemies are buying this equipment and using it against our troops. I can only hope that it is the "small stuff" that is being bought and shipped abroad .... and not the "big stuff" like nuclear triggers and nuclear related technologies .... and God only knows what else.