[HIB]Recruiter faces possible reprimand for throwing away sensitive info

The U.S. Air Force is investigating the circumstances surrounding a Cape Girardeau recruiter who allegedly discarded sensitive documents belonging to potential recruits, such as birth certificates, Social Security cards and high school diplomas.The Air Force's public affairs division in San Antonio issued a statement Wednesday saying that a new recruiter to the Cape Girardeau Air Force recruiting office at 3019 William St. was cleaning out old files when he inadvertently threw a "limited amount" of identifying information into a Dumpster behind the building."The Air Force is actively working with the disposal company involved ... to recover any improperly released information," the release said. "We take the protection of Privacy Act information seriously and will be contacting those individuals whose Privacy Act information was or may have been inadvertently released."

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