Go Navy!

[Bucko]

Now that the troops are back, the gloves have come off, and more facts are coming to light......

BEIJING, April 13 — As Chinese troops surrounding the aircraft waved their guns and shouted at them to stop, the crew of the crippled American spy plane that landed on Hainan Island spent 15 furious minutes destroying secret materials before surrendering, senior American diplomats said today.

"The crew completed all of its checklist," one of the diplomats said when asked what share of the plane's sensitive items had been destroyed. This was an indication that the losses of American intelligence data and technology may not have been as great as initially feared.

Good job, eh?

Bucko