Yeah, well, there are undoubtedly people in cloaks carrying daggers creeping around stealing equipment that is readily available at most, if not all, military surplus stores, but it still boils down to the absolutely lack-luster attempt the government makes to protect its property. How much of the m(b)illions of dollars of equipment we simply left behind in...oh say..Viet Nam, Afganistan, Iraq, Grenada, Panama, and God know how many other "clandestine" operations all over the world do you honestly think didn't end up in the hands of "someone" who could do harm to another human, be it me or anyone else? For God's sake we can't even keep track of nuclear warheads that fly across the country illegally. If my head is in the sand, it seems as though we share the same sandpile.
First of all, I'd seriously doubt the equipment was stolen. Our government doesn't have particularly stellar accountability for its property. Particularly the Department of Defense and Justice. Does anyone remember the number of laptops the Justice Dept. "lost"? Not to mention the weapons the FBI "loses" on a regular basis. The items that were supposedly listed on E-Bay could concievably have been purchased legally through the Defense Reutilization and MARKETING Office (DRMO). As for the comment about Iran, can we all say "fear mongering?" sure we can
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Yeah, well, there are undoubtedly people in cloaks carrying daggers creeping around stealing equipment that is readily available at most, if not all, military surplus stores, but it still boils down to the absolutely lack-luster attempt the government makes to protect its property. How much of the m(b)illions of dollars of equipment we simply left behind in...oh say..Viet Nam, Afganistan, Iraq, Grenada, Panama, and God know how many other "clandestine" operations all over the world do you honestly think didn't end up in the hands of "someone" who could do harm to another human, be it me or anyone else? For God's sake we can't even keep track of nuclear warheads that fly across the country illegally. If my head is in the sand, it seems as though we share the same sandpile.
First of all, I'd seriously doubt the equipment was stolen. Our government doesn't have particularly stellar accountability for its property. Particularly the Department of Defense and Justice. Does anyone remember the number of laptops the Justice Dept. "lost"? Not to mention the weapons the FBI "loses" on a regular basis. The items that were supposedly listed on E-Bay could concievably have been purchased legally through the Defense Reutilization and MARKETING Office (DRMO). As for the comment about Iran, can we all say "fear mongering?" sure we can