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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (70773)	4/17/2000 1:49:00 PM
From: T L Comiskey	Respond to of 152472

Maurice...OT.........."POSSIBLE THEFT".. From the Bureau of Intelligence.... Now That's Funny....!!! Wonder how much a small safe or even a lock and key cost...These Clowns actually live off our TAX dollars...and get THIS....NICE Pensions too...!!.... Another job well done.... Tim Stolen Secrets? Feds Consider Possible Theft of State Department Computer With Secret Info Federal law enforcers are investigating whether a laptop computer loaded with highly secret information and missing from the State Department's Bureau of Intelligence was stolen. (Wayne Partlow/AP Photo) W A S H I N G T O N, April 17 ? A State Department computer which may have held classified information is missing and the FBI is investigating whether it was stolen, the State Department said today. The Bureau of Diplomatic Security received a report earlier this year about a missing laptop that contained classified info that may have been compromised, said a State Department official speaking on background. The FBI is now heading a joint investigation with the Bureau of Diplomatic Security into the missing laptop, the official said. The laptop, which reportedly disappeared two months ago, was in a supposedly secure conference room at the department. The FBI has launched an intensive search for the computer and agents are questioning construction workers who have been renovating the area. A senior State Department official said it was unclear if the computer was mislaid or stolen. If it was stolen, the official said, the thief may have made off with it for the hardware without realizing the sensitivity of the data it contained. Another person familiar with the incident said that the missing computer contained code-word information, a classification higher than top secret, including sensitive intelligence information and plans. Code Words Missing A person familiar with the incident told The Washington Post the missing laptop contains ?code word? information ? which is higher than top secret ? and it includes sensitive intelligence information and plans. The case of the missing laptop is the latest in a series of serious security embarrassments at the State Department. Last year, after a Russian spy was found lurking outside the building, investigators turned up an eavesdropping device planted in a conference room. The year before that, a man simply walked into an executive office and departed with a sheaf of classified material. That thief hasn?t been identified and the pilfered material was never recovered.