Any unexploded devices could provide a treasure trove of information such as fingerprints and indications of the bomb maker's design, said the former federal law enforcement official.

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The unexploded devices that were recovered could provide a treasure trove of information such as fingerprints and indications of the bomb maker's design, a federal law enforcement official who now works in the intelligence community said.

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That is, while the SEC through its routine examinations of securities dealers and money managers and special investigations has over the decades accumulated a treasure trove of information regarding industry wrongdoing, the Commission has consistently and vigorously resisted making this damning information available to investors.

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In addition to the state rankings, the report is a treasure trove of useful information on the national level.

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But as an experienced sales person, Bellows realized that his email was a treasure trove of accurate information that could be tweaked to improve the sales reporting process.

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Following the relatively recent release of data from the Wise telescope in April this year, the teams at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory at Nasa have a "treasure trove" of information to work with.

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But others fear the machine is yet another example of a technological advance that gives doctors useless or ambiguous information in the operating room but can provide a treasure trove of evidence in the courtroom.

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