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Coverage dated January 25, 2023

How a 13-year-old wound up with classified documents at show-and-tell

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Back in 1984, a schoolgirl in Pittsburgh showed up at her eighth grade class with a collection of classified papers — as a show-and-tell project.

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  1. WUSA9

    How a 13-year-old wound up with classified documents at show-and-tell (opens WUSA9)

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    Back in 1984, a schoolgirl in Pittsburgh showed up at her eighth grade class with a collection of classified papers — as a show-and-tell project.

  2. CBS 8 San Diego

    How classified documents became a schoolgirl's show-and-tell (opens CBS 8 San Diego)

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    Back in 1984, a schoolgirl in Pittsburgh showed up at her eighth grade class with a collection of classified papers — as a show-and-tell project.

  3. MyNorthwest

    How classified documents became a schoolgirl's show and tell (opens MyNorthwest)

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    WASHINGTON (AP) -- On a winter's day in 1984, a briefcase stuffed with classified government documents showed up in a building in Pittsburgh, borne by

  4. Triblive

    How classified documents became a Franklin Park schoolgirl's show-and-tell (opens Triblive)

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    WASHINGTON — On a winter’s day in 1984, a briefcase stuffed with classified government documents showed up in a building in Pittsburgh, borne by someone who most certainly wasn’t supposed to have them. That someone was 13-year-old Kristin Preble.

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