Canberra, Australia – The Australian government says it is investigating how a classified booklet detailing Barack Obama’s itinerary came to be lost in a gutter during the president’s visit last week.
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Journalist Dylan Welch of The Age newspaper reported that he found the 120-page booklet on Thursday about 100 yards (meters) from Parliament House in Canberra, where Obama attended several functions during his 27-hour Australian visit.
The booklet contained details on Obama’s itinerary, his security convoy and the cell phone numbers of senior U.S. and Australian officials.
Australia’s Attorney-General’s Department said in a statement on Sunday it was investigating. The department said it did not comment on security matters.
Definately not “found in a gutter” more like someone leaked it to the reporter
This is not the first time that the security detail for Obama has made errors. When Obama was in Ireland recently, one of the Secret Service armored limousines became stuck on a portion of the pavement, and the car couldn’t move. One would have thought that the Secret Service would have scouted out that area in advance, and done a dry test run?