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Retired Air Force Intel Boss Caught With Hundreds of Top Secret Docs at Home

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Retired Lt. Col. Robert Birchum had materials that could potentially cause “exceptionally grave damage” to national security, federal investigators allege.

Justin Rohrlich

Justin Rohrlich

Reporter

Published Jan. 30 2023 2:25PM EST

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Amid seemingly endless revelations of classified government files turning up at the homes of certain sitting and former U.S. presidents (as well as veeps), a high-ranking Air Force officer has quietly admitted to retaining hundreds of highly sensitive documents at his Florida home.

Some of the information was classified at the...

Justin Rohrlich

Justin Rohrlich

Reporter

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