If you search long enough, you can find anything on eBay and Craigslist. That includes lost, expensive military equipment that helps soldiers find roadside bombs.
The Intercept, an investigative reporting website founded by Glenn Greenwald, obtained a Navy intelligence document detailing thermal-optic-imaging and night-vision devices that wound up on a number of websites for sale, including eBay, Craigslist, texasguntalk.com and sportsfisherman.com.
The piece quotes a 2014 document from the U.S. Naval Criminal Investigative Service and the Multiple Threat Alert Center.
A $750 million program issued more than 32,000 pieces of gear, but
pieces got lost because of poor oversight by the military units that distributed the equipment, The Intercept article reported.
“NCIS asks for your help in identifying and recovering these items to keep foreign entities from exploiting the technologies in these devices and using them against the U.S. military, NATO allies, or civilian law enforcement personnel during the course of their duties,” the intelligence document stated.
The Intercept found a December listing on eBay for a Universal Thermal Monocular for $6,000, an item mentioned in the NCIS document.
Currently, eBay lists a CNVD-T Clip-On Night Vision Device Thermal System for $16,599. On eBay, 44 people are watching the item listed. Two of the scopes were available, but one has already sold.
David Pierini is a former newspaper writer and long-time photographer. Considered a luddite by most of his friends, they did not believe him when he broke the news that he would be writing for a technology website. He is fascinated by human nature and would love to cultivate stories about the people driving the tech bus. Reach out to him at [email protected].
3 responses to “Classified thermal-imaging and night-vision goodies land on eBay”
And this has to do with Apple and Macs because………………………….?
“We see you ordered the $17,000 iWatch, you may be interested in this $16,000 night vision scope to match. Comes in mint green too.”
Another article completely unrelated to apple. Seriously this is cult of mac do you think people come to your site to read this?