A CNN employee found sensitive national security documents about the Super Bowl in the seat-back pocket of a plane
- A CNN employee found sensitive government documents while flying on a commercial plane.
- The documents detailed a simulated biological warfare exercise by the Department of Homeland Security.
- The exercise was meant to assess authorities' response to a potential anthrax attack during the Super Bowl.
While aboard a commercial flight en route to a wedding, a CNN employee discovered sensitive government documents in one of the plane's back-seat pockets, CNN reported Monday.
CNN said the documents — marked for official use only — detailed the Department of Homeland Security's response to a series of simulated exercises testing how authorities would react to a potential anthrax attack during the Super Bowl. See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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