9/11 thefts not prosecuted

NEW YORK (AP) - Once-secret documents obtained by The Associated Press show a disaster supply management company went unpunished for Sept. 11 thefts after the government discovered FBI agents and other government officials had stolen artifacts from New York's ground zero...

...The lead investigators for the FBI and the Federal Emergency Management Agency told AP that the plan to prosecute KEI for those thefts stopped as soon as it became clear in late summer 2002 that an FBI agent in Minnesota had stolen a crystal globe from ground zero.

That prompted a broader review that ultimately found 16 government employees, including a top FBI executive and Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, had such artifacts from New York or the Pentagon.

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Autumnleaf said:

We're talking about people picking up stuff from the rubble. Aren't we? I don't see a crime here.

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Autumnleaf said:

Are we reading the same article? The one I read was discussing how people picked up artefacts from ground zero and how they should be prosecuted for it. Fencing stolen goods is a different story.

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