“Briar Woods High School, a half-hour drive from the CIA\u2019s headquarters in Northern Virginia, might have provided an ideal training ground for the agency\u2019s bomb-sniffing dogs. Its labyrinthine hallways and voluminous classrooms are home to something that can wreak havoc for the canines: polished floors, which cause dogs to slip and lose their focus as they hunt for explosives.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n That was one reason the school, which educates nearly 1,700 students in Ashburn, played host to a CIA dog team for a training exercise while students were on spring break last week, according to the Loudoun County school system. But the choice to go to a public school for the quiet exercise has led to an only-in-Washington embarrassment for the elite spy agency, which left explosive material behind in the engine compartment of a school bus that then shuttled special-needs children for two days this week.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n A mechanic discovered and removed the explosive putty \u2014 which county Supervisor Koran Saines (D-Sterling) said was the demolition explosive C-4 \u2014 during a routine bus maintenance check Wednesday. Until then, no one noticed that it was missing.”<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n On the same day, I filed a FOIA request to the CIA for documents relating to this.\u00a0 Below, you will find the records released in December of 2018.<\/p>\nDocument Archive<\/h3>\n
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\u00a0CIA K-9 Unit Leaves Explosives on School Bus, April 2016<\/a> [6 Pages, 2.6MB]<\/p>\n