Posted on 05/19/2009 6:29:08 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
A massive amount of sensitive, national security-related information from the Clinton administration has gone missing from the national archives.
The Inspector General of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) told congressional committee staffers Tuesday that a hard drive containing over a terabyte of information -- the equivalent of millions of books--went missing from the NARA facility in College Park, Md., sometime between October 2008 and March 2009.
The Department of Justice and the Secret Service are conducting an investigation, but it's so far unclear whether the drive was lost as the result of a crime or an accident.
That hard drive includes information on Secret Service operating procedures, event logs, and other "highly sensitive information," according to the office of Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), the ranking member on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. The data also includes 100,000 Social Security numbers, including the number of one of Al Gore's daughters.
According to Issa's office, the hard drive was in the process of being moved when it somehow disappeared. At least 100 employees, in addition to numerous janitors, interns and visitors, could have accessed the location where the drive was last seen, which, the inspector general told staffers, was located on the way to the restroom.
Issa is calling for a hearing on the matter, asking National Archives and Administration Acting Archivist Adrienne Thomas to testify before a subcommittee on Thursday.
"This egregious breach raises significant questions regarding the effectiveness of the security protocols that are in place at the National Archives and Records Administration," Issa said. "Acting Director Thomas should appear before the committee either voluntarily or via subpoena on Thursday to explain how such an outrageous breach of security happened."
That!!!
I think they got a pill for that now.
They need to check out Sandy Burgers socks and boxers for the drive. Amen.
Maybe they need a new lock on the door...:0/
Time to water board the impeached rapist.
That was my first thought too, LOL...
I could go with jury nullification for such a "crime."
X42 mishandled, or misused sensitive security information? I’m shocked, shocked I tell you!
Guess it’s safe for Pelosie to go forward with her “truth commitee” now that Panetta has made sure the Clinton years are safely secured in some Clinton bunker.
Look behind the Xerox machine at Los Alamos.... Isn’;t that where they ‘found’ the last one?
His doctor says it took a bad turn..
I read some of the other Cicero in forum (not the real one) and he wrote some pretty good stuff to..lol. :-)
Me and Dick Cheney would support that.
Amazing. An Allen Wrench goes missing on an Air Force flight line and a task force is sent out to find it.
BTT
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