(AP) Douglas Birch - A U.S. official says Iran will find it hard to exploit any data and technology aboard the captured CIA stealth drone because of measures taken to limit the intelligence value of drones operating over hostile territory. The official also said Saturday that the U.S. is convinced that the drone that came down near the Iranian city of Kashmar had malfunctioned. "The Iranians had nothing to do with it." Independent experts say the data and communications of the unmanned aircraft are heavily encrypted, making it difficult for Iran to harvest much intelligence from them.
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