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To: DMaA who wrote (28812)	8/10/2000 9:54:49 AM
From: jlallen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

Ooops!! They can't find that darn thing.... Reward Offered for State Department Computer UPI Thursday, Aug. 10, 2000 WASHINGTON – After a fruitless five-month investigation to find a State Department laptop computer that likely contained highly classified information, the FBI is posting a $25,000 reward for any information leading to its recovery. In a statement issued Wednesday, department spokesman Richard Boucher identified the missing computer as a "black Dell laptop with a five-digit serial number ending in the letter 'Q' located on a sticker in the back near the ports." He said the FBI reward is meant to entice a potential thief who stole the machine in order to sell it, as opposed to a spy who would steal it for its secrets. "If people thought they were just swiping a laptop or pawning it or fencing it or whatever, it doesn't really matter to them what's on it, and this reward might induce them to look at the laptop and turn it over," Boucher said. In March, a routine inventory check of State Department laptops revealed that 18 of the computers were missing. After a preliminary investigation, Secretary of State Madeleine Albright said she was furious about the breach in security and ordered a thorough investigation within the department's headquarters in May. The computer belonged to the department's Bureau of Intelligence and Research, which is responsible for diplomatic espionage. When news of the disappearance was first reported, anonymous State Department officials were quoted as saying the laptop contained highly sensitive information on U.S. spying methods and sources. In recent months the FBI has asked Washington-area pawnshops for information they might have on the missing computer.