His colleagues, spread over three floors of an office building, are high-tech detectives specializing in altered documents, fingerprints, ink and paper analysis, and polygraphs.

"I took the copies of the altered documents, folded them, and placed them inside my boots," she recounted.

They had invalid visas, altered documents or lacked proper work permits, he said.

It was later remarked that his error had been "almost ridiculously insignificant", as he had simply tried to evade persistent media questioning by providing altered documents.

Military leadership came into sharp rebuke after a CBC reporter received altered documents, leading to allegations of a cover-up.

That whole business about the altered documents is just about cleared up.

An altered document is not necessarily one that has been tampered with.

On Wednesday she said the altered documents were among papers she smuggled out of the White House complex Nov. 25, 1986.

The company must send a copy of the altered documents only when this order alters the company's articles or a resolution or agreement affecting the company's constitution.

The altered documents were then inserted in the binders that were delivered to the inquiry.