Fidelity, Bravery, and Integrity
Feb 12, 2007 in North America, Weird Stuff
According to a report by the Justice Department Inspector General, the FBI lost 160 laptops and a number of weapons during a 44-month period ending September 30, 2005. Of these 160 laptops, 10 contained classified information and 51 may or may not have contained classified information. Believe it or not, the figures represent an improvement over the FBI’s prior record of handling sensitive inventory; the Bureau lost 300 laptops and 300 weapons during the previous 28-month period. That’s an average of over 10 laptops and 10 weapons lost every month over the course of two years and four months.
In response to the report, Assistant FBI director John Miller acknowledged the problem and noted the “significant progress” the Bureau has made in the past five years. Miller also took issue with the report’s count of missing weapons, claiming that 43 of the unaccounted weapons should not have been counted because they had been reported missing prior to the time period covered by the report. In other words, “you can’t count those weapons; they were missing from a long time ago.”
Ladies and gentlemen, your tax dollars at work.