FBI Laptops and Weapons Gone

You didn't happen so see, oh...lets say about 160 FBI laptops, did you? The Washington post reports today that government information has been lost. They're important and some of them have top-secret information inside. The FBI seems to have lost track of them in the last four years. Oh, also while you're looking, keep an eye out for the 160 weapons that went along with it.

The Bureau, which has struggled for years to get a handle on sloppy inventory procedures, also reported 160 missing weapons during the same time period, from February 2002 to September 2005 according to the report by the Justice Department Inspector General's Office. The FBI lost 160 laptops computers in less than for years, including at least 10 that contained highly sensitive classified information and one that held "personal identifying information on FBI personnel, according to reports released today.

In addition to the 10 or more laptops confirmed to contain classified information, the FBI could not say whether another 50 might also contain secret data, the report also said. Without knowing the content of these lost and stolen laptops it is impossible for the FBI to determine th extent of the damage these looses might have had on its operations or on national security according to the Inspector General's Office.

The FBI Deputy Director Joseph L. Ford said in a written response that the report overstated the number of missing weapons by 43 , but acknowledged that more needs to be done to ensure the proper handling of the loss and theft of laptop computers.

Sources:
The Washington Post