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Auditors Report FBI Fails in Tracking Lost Laptops

Posted by Zonk on from the keep-your-eye-on-the-prize dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The Department of Justice's Office of Inspector General is reporting that the FBI has lackluster performance when it comes to tracking data lost on missing laptops. In a recent 44-month audit (ending in Sept. 2005), the FBI reported 160 lost or stolen machines. Of those, ten were confirmed to have sensitive info. A startling 51 of these machines had unknown information — in other words the FBI never knew what they lost. Some of these machines likely contained some of the most sensitive security information the FBI has, as there were several in the bunch that belonged to members of the Counterintelligence and Counterterrorism Divisions. But the FBI was never able to properly respond to these losses because someone didn't fill out the right paperwork. The OIG has a copy of the audit (pdf) for public consumption."

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  1. Rummy's Reply by Aqua_boy17 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Too bad Rumsfeld's not in a position to announce this to the public. I can hear the press conference now: "There are the ones we know we lost, then there are the ones we don't know we lost, then are are the ones we know are not lost....."

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  2. I wonder ... by richg74 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Did they check that closet in the cellar where J. Edgar Hoover kept his frocks ?

  3. I Know by ReidMaynard · · Score: 3, Funny
    A startling 51 of these machines had unknown information -- in other words the FBI never knew what they lost.

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