Posted on 02/12/2007 11:07:31 AM PST by mfnorman
Edited on 02/12/2007 11:12:50 AM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The FBI lost at least 10 laptop computers containing classified information during a four-year period ending in 2005, the Justice Department's inspector general has found.
The 10 were among the 160 laptops lost or stolen during a 44-month period ending September 30, 2005, Inspector General Glenn Fine reported. Along with the laptops, an equal numbers of weapons were also missing.
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People do.
F*****g Bureaucratic Incompetents.
They should have encrypted drives that purge all data if the user is unable to log in successfully after say 5 consecutive attempts.
[sigh]
A good rule for the security aware -
NEVER PUT CLASIFIED INFORMATION ON A LAPTOP!!!
How about - never give a laptop to an FBI agent?
FBI = Famous But Incompetent
LOL. Hoover must really be spinning in his grave.
WARNING: Bad language!
Well... About a year ago, the Bureau did solve a 20 year old homicide in Chicago.
They're probably on a table in Hillary's office.
CNN, we know you're a little behind the "curve" of the news, but it's now 2007.
No not again.
It's news from 2005 and before
No, he's lying face down.
Oh, I know they're not all screw-ups. But this kinda thing is inexcusable.
The keystone cops comes to mind.
ROTFL!
Having worked for the govt for many years, here is a possible reason:
The gov't is sticker happy. They put property stickers on everything of value. Then inventory it once a year. If during that year, the property sticker is lost, or damaged, the item (a lap top in this case) is reported as "MISSING".
Once I had a chair show up 3 years after it became missing and was written off as lost. The logistics people couldn't figure out how to add an item to the inventory that was already lost. Finally they simply restickkered the chair with a new sticker. HOWEVER, they had to charge my budget $175.00 for a new chair, because they couldn't resticker an item that was free. I just shook my head.
"Once I had a chair show up 3 years after it became missing and was written off as lost. The logistics people couldn't figure out how to add an item to the inventory that was already lost. Finally they simply restickkered the chair with a new sticker. HOWEVER, they had to charge my budget $175.00 for a new chair, because they couldn't resticker an item that was free. I just shook my head. "
I shake my head when I think how they will handle my medical tests if my life depends on them should they take over health care. It is bad enough now.
Bush's fault.. Now we'll hear about a new initiative from Hillary or OsamaObama about how they would do a better job protecting the "kids" at the FBI..
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