FBI loses hundreds of guns and laptops
The Toronto Star
18 July 2001
The FBI, the U.S. law enforcement agency plagued by recent blunders, has discovered 449 of its weapons and 184 of its laptop computers have been stolen or lost, officials said yesterday.
They said one of the missing laptop computers contained classified information from two closed investigations while three others may have contained classified information.
The unaccounted-for firearms ranged from handguns to rifles to sub-machine guns, they said. One official said one of the stolen firearms had been used in a homicide.
The latest embarrassment came a day after U.S. Attorney-General JohnAshcroft told FBI employees the public's trust has been shaken by the discovery of a longtime spy within its ranks and by the misplaced Oklahoma City bombing files.
Informed yesterday of the missing items, Ashcroft immediately ordered a review by the justice department's inspector-general.
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