Russ Blakeman wrote:
  I recently acquired a GRiD laptop (486 mono version)
and it had the hard
 drive in it and on it were some (non-DOD) files that shouldn't have been
 left on the machine at all. They were classified but the IRS should empty
 their machines before a field agent turns them in. I called the office I
 bought it from, they checked records and had a person from the office that
 had it contact me. I told them what was on it and that I would, without
 fail, fully delete all info on the drive and that I wanted them to be aware
 that things are leaving their office into the general public. I was thanked
 by phone and a week later by mail with a check for $75 for my time and
 effort in cleaning it up and preventing a possible disaster. Wanna bet
 that's the first thing they look for when I get audited? 
I doubt it. With all the bookmakers and other petty crooks your one time
$75 payment is some potatoes compared to what they are really after.
Eric