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A hidden camera was found pointed at a toilet in a restroom at the New Zealand embassy in Washington D.C., and a suspect was charged and returned to Auckland to face trial. Evidence presented in court shows the suspect used his assigned electronic security pass to go into the area, and a security camera shows him going into the restroom. Shortly after, the man comes out of the restroom, and security logs show he used his pass to enter the defense attache’s office — his own office. More damning: the suspect had searched online for information about the model of camera found, and loaded the camera’s software on his computer — and removed it when he discovered the camera had been found. Even more damning: DNA on the camera’s SD card matched the suspect, Commodore Alfred Harold Keating, a senior New Zealand Navy defense chief. Keating adamantly denied any knowledge of the camera, but was found guilty by a jury. He faces up to 18 months in prison, and loss of his military commission. (RC/Auckland Now) ...But the title of Commodore Commode will last forever.