ATF Can’t Account For 418 Laptops 76 Guns

OPEN UP, WE HAVE A WARRANT! But, we’re not sure where the laptop that has it is at the moment. You haven’t happened to have seen some laptops around here have you? Say, 418 of them or so? Oh, and if you happen to know where some of our firearms are as well? We’re kinda missing 76 guns.

WTF?

From CNN:

Of the 76 missing weapons, 35 were stolen from agents’ homes, hotel rooms or vehicles, the report said. Some of the others were left in public places or lost in shipping — or their losses were still unexplained.

Two of the stolen guns were used to commit crimes, the report said. One was used to shoot through the window of a residence, and the other was recovered from suspects arrested on burglary charges.

The inspector general determined that 53 percent of the weapon losses were the result of employees’ carelessness or failure to follow ATF policies.

Of the 418 laptops, 50 were reported stolen.

The report said that in most cases, it was not clear whether the missing laptops contained sensitive or classified information. Seven did; 13 did not.

It’s even more disturbing that of the laptops that aren’t accounted for they don’t have an idea what was on most of them. So, of the 418 there were 50 reported as stolen. Leaving 368 laptops in the wind. Laptops that may or may not have sensitive data on them. Apparently none of them used encryption. The first person that tries the spin “but, they had passwords” will get such a smack.

Wow.

So, bearing that in mind. If we can help build you a better asset management policy/system for the ATF can we get one of those neat hats?

Nah, screw that. We’ll take cash.

🙂

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