- Texas authorities are investigating reports that people
are trying to sell debris from the Space Shuttle Columbia, which disintegrated
over eastern Texas earlier today.
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- "We have a zero tolerance policy for this sort of
thing," said Mike Shelby, the US Attorney for the southern district
of Texas, after hearing a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) report
that attempts had been made to sell debris on ebay, an internet auction
website.
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- Shelby said that he and his colleague Matt Arwig, the
US attorney for the eastern district of Texas, would cooperate with authorities
in an investigation.
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- Those attempting to sell Columbia wreckage could face
charges of theft of government property and interference in a federal investigation,
he added.
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- Of the more than 600 pieces of Columbia memorabilia listed
on ebay since the disaster, none advertised wreckage of the shuttle itself.
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