U.S. Marshals lose track of encrypted radios: WSJ report

Reuters ^ | 7/21/2013

[Paladin2]

"..negligence and incompetence..."

At the Federal Level of gov't?

Unprecedented and unexpected.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Sounds more to me like somebody stole them. One doesn’t just lose valuable equipment on that scale. Usually.

[mountn man]

Oh, I’m sure they’re “LOST”.

[bioqubit]

speculation: terrorist cells working inside the federal government stealing whatever they need. This piece surfaces, but it is not hard to imagine how much additional damage is being done

[ElkGroveDan]

Obviously “this began under Bush.” We’re just waiting for someone to say it aloud.

[clintonh8r]

LEOtards.....

[BipolarBob]

What would they bring on the black market?

[Joe 6-pack]

Loss of sensitive items in the military typically leads to the end of careers if not some jail time.

I'm not going to hold my breath to see if that applies here.

[Irenic]

Boy, a lot of U.S. Marshals have bad luck when fishin’.

[ArmstedFragg]

Funny, they were here a minute ago.....

[RedHeeler]

Yep. No one in that branch, ever foil wrapped “lost” commo equipment. Why would they? There is only one of two ways.

[Tucker39]

The term “government intelligence” is an oxymoron on a par with “plastic silverware” or “paper china”.

[Delta 21]

They were handing out free Obama walkie-talkies with every U.S. Gov’t ignored assault rifle along the Texas border.

I got mine.

[Tucker39]

The drug cartels are thrilled with their new encrypted radios......that, and all the free weapons given to them by ATFE have made their enterprises SO much easier to conduct./Sarc

[steve86]

I would guess Cuban or Venezuelan secret service is very well equipped communication-wise after this.

[dfwgator]

There are no accidents with this administration.

[Navy Patriot]

The cartels are offering rewards.

[Beowulf9]

What is an ‘encrypted radio’?

[T-Bird45]

Typically, these radios can be detected if they show up on the network and a signal can be sent to deactivate them, essentially turning them into an electronic brick.