CIA Left Inert Explosives on School Bus After Exercise
By REUTERS

The CIA left behind inert explosives in a Virginia school bus used for a canine training exercise and students were transported in it before the materials were found, officials said.

The inactive explosives were discovered in the engine compartment when the Loudoun County Public Schools bus was undergoing maintenance, the Central Intelligence Agency said in a statement on Thursday.

A CIA canine team left the inert explosives behind after a detection exercise held at a high school during spring break, it said.

The school district in the Washington suburb said the materials were aboard the bus on Monday and Tuesday when it carried elementary and high school students.

"The CIA assured Loudoun officials the training material used in this exercise is stable and posed no danger to students on board the bus," it said in a statement.

The inert explosives were inside a container and part of them apparently fell out into the engine space, the school district said.

The CIA said the material had been recovered and that it was taking steps to review the training and tighten procedures in its canine program.

驚！美中情局借校車演習 忘拆爆裂物

美國中央情報局（CIA）最近借用校車進行訓練，結束後竟忘了移除爆裂物，引起虛驚。

維吉尼亞州一輛校車的引擎室發現一包隱藏的爆裂物，驚動各級治安單位，調查後發現禍首竟是中情局；原來，中情局3月21日到24日徵召校車進行訓練後，「忘了」把爆裂物取走。

中情局發表聲明說：「上周中情局K-9警犬部門與維州勞登郡（Loudoun County）執法人員進行定期訓練演習，訓練中，警犬部門把訓練用爆裂物遺忘在借用的一輛校車裡。」

勞登郡警方說，這輛校車3月28、29兩日曾載運高中生和小學生上下課，行駛了145哩232公里。校車30日進行例行保養時發現爆裂物。

學校迅速報警，警方很快趕到。警方說，學生們沒有處於危險狀態，因為這些訓練用爆裂物不會爆炸。

勞登郡學區發言人比亞德表示，警方有時會借用學校場地進行包括實彈射擊在內的訓練。中情局警犬訓練員曾於24日把炸彈裝置放在校車的引擎室內，以測試警犬是否能嗅到。比亞德說，警犬成功找到炸彈，但訓練結束後的拆除過程中，由於部分炸彈放的太裡面，沒有被司機和員警發現。

中情局說，已在訓練計畫中採行加強清點和管控的程序，並將對此事件進行「徹底和獨立的調查」。

原文參照：
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2016/04/01/us/01reuters-virginia-cia-explosives.html

2016-04-02．聯合晚報．A4．國際．國際新聞組