willieboyd2 Posted May 7, 2007 Report Share Posted May 7, 2007 Canadian 'poppy coin' culprit behind U.S. spy warning WASHINGTON (AP) An odd-looking Canadian coin with a bright red flower was the culprit behind a U.S. Defense Department false espionage warning earlier this year about mysterious coin-like objects with radio frequency transmitters. The harmless "poppy coin" was so unfamiliar to suspicious U.S. Army contractors traveling in Canada that they filed confidential espionage accounts about them. The worried contractors described the coins as "anomalous" and "filled with something man-made that looked like nanotechnology," according to once-classified U.S. government reports and e-mails obtained by the AP. ... Some of the U.S. documents the AP obtained were classified "Secret/Noforn," meaning they were never supposed to be viewed by foreigners, even America's closest allies. The government censored parts of the files, citing national security reasons, before turning over copies under the U.S. Freedom of Information Act. CNN News article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Scottishmoney Posted May 7, 2007 Report Share Posted May 7, 2007 I wonder if the Bush administration and Dicky Cheney are going to go before the UN for a case for war against Canada? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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