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I think that we should concentrate on doing the little things to keep our country safe like...oh, I don't know.....NOT KEEPING LAPTOPS WITH THE ABILITY TO PRODUCE GOVERNMENT ID BADGES AND OTHERS WITH FBI AGENT LISTS LAYING AROUND UNSECURED!!!!
Just my opinion, I might be wrong.
Just my opinion, I might be wrong.
Missing: FBI Guns And PCs
Updated: 13:52, Tuesday February 13, 2007
Their mission may be to uphold and enforce the criminal laws of the United States - but the FBI has managed to lose dozens of its own guns and computers.
An audit of the agency has revealed that 160 laptops have been lost or stolen in the past four years.
At least 10 of them are said to contain sensitive or classified information.
One of the missing computers is thought to hold information revealing the personal details of some of the Bureau's 30,000 staff.
Others contain software for creating ID badges and security plans for electronic access devices.
The FBI, which has struggled for years to improve its inventory procedures, also reports that it has misplaced 160 weapons.
Most of the firearms that disappeared between 2002 and 2005 were pistols - although rifles, shotguns and sub-machine guns also went missing.
The report concludes that "it is impossible for the FBI to determine the extent of the damage these losses might have had on its operations or on national security".
Senior US politicians have been quick to criticise the bureau and are calling the breaches "unacceptable".
But the findings are an improvement on a previous audit five years ago which reported that nearly 700 weapons and laptops had been lost or stolen in just two years.
Several of those guns were later found to have been used in armed robberies, one was found in the pocket of a murder victim.
The FBI maintains more than 52,000 weapons and 26,000 laptops.