Top-secret files sold with camera.

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The winning bidder on a camera sold through online auction site eBay got more than he paid for. The camera, purchased for only 17 [pounds sterling] ($25), contained top-secret documents along with photos and fingerprints of well known terrorists.

The camera's memory card also contained names, records, and even a map showing links between Iran and active al-Qaeda cells currently operating in Iraq.

According to the UK's Sun newspaper, the 28-year-old buyer discovered the files when he tried to...

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