1. He’s a spy. Did a good job, but got caught. Serving his country.
or
2. He’s a messenger. Team Bush leaks insider info to Mexicans interests in this manner. Slipped up. Makes more sense, why would the Black berries be left out so?
Or, 3) he’s a thief and was looking to sell them for a hundred bucks each or give them out as gifts to friends/relatives.
This is common at classified meetings. Everyone leaves cell phones, iPods, Blackberrys, PDAs, and so forth on a table at the door.
Sometimes you put a yellow sticky on it with your name, sometimes you get a Ziplock and you put your device inside with your business card.
It is unusual to leave them unattended, but that may have been intentional.