China says 2 military employees sold 60 pounds of secret documents to a recycling plant, allowing a shopper to bag 4 volumes for under $1

• China on Thursday highlighted an intelligence gaffe involving 200 sensitive military documents.
• It said two military personnel who were supposed to destroy the documents sold them for under $4.
• A retiree bought four volumes of the secrets for about $0.85 from a recycling plant, authorities said.

China's State Security Ministry said on Thursday that a retiree had somehow secured four volumes of confidential military documents at a recycling store for just 85 cents.