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Laptops, Weapons Missing at DEA

Jerry Seper writes in The Washington Times:

More than 90 weapons and 230 laptop computers belonging to the Drug Enforcement Administration have turned up missing over the past five years and, despite efforts by the agency to address weaknesses in tracking the items, "significant deficiencies" remain, a report said yesterday.

The lost and stolen weapons include pistols, rifles, shotguns and a submachine gun, said a 105-page report by the Justice Department's Office of Inspector General, which also noted that DEA officials could not say how 198 of the 231 laptop computers came to be missing.

Inspector General Glenn A. Fine said the DEA was unable to provide assurance that 226 of the 231 lost or stolen laptop computers did not contain "sensitive or personally identifiable" information, adding that few of the missing laptops were protected by encryption software.

posted by Fergie @ 3/29/2008 12:27:00 PM