he opened the briefcase to search through papers of all shapes , colors , and sizes , number-two pencils that fortunately needed sharpening and posed no danger to his searching fingers , dried-out or leaking pens , wrappers holding half-eaten candy bars , half-read magazines and paperback books with folded-back corners , and old paper-clips ensnared by disintegrating rubber-bands , to finally successfully discover his clip-on dod id badge .