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FBI Lost 477 Laptops and 514 Weapons 2001-2006
Posted on Feb 12, 2007 by Tom Fragala
Ars Technica reports that the Office of the Inspector General of the Justice Department has been auditing the FBI for several years. Since 2001 the FBI has lost 477 laptops and 514 “functional weapons” (guns). Wait there’s more: not only are they not sure what data is on the laptops, but some of the computers contain the software to make FBI identification badges.
The good news is the FBI is losing guns and computers at a slower rate than years past. Great. I’ll sleep better now, thanks.
"Perhaps most troubling," says the report, "the FBI could not determine in many cases whether the lost or stolen laptop computers contained sensitive or classified information. Such information may include case information, personal identifying information, or classified information on FBI operations." Laptops can also contain goodies like the software that the FBI uses to make its identification badges, a copy of which was installed on a laptop stolen from the Boston Field Office in July 2002.
In the 44 months that it took to complete the new audit, the FBI lost 160 weapons and 160 laptop computers—a massive improvement over the 354 weapons and 317 laptops lost during the first 28-month-long audit.
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