The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Control Over Weapons and Laptop Computers Follow-Up Audit

Audit Report 07-18
February 2007
Office of the Inspector General


Appendix IV
Circumstances of Laptop Losses
NO. FD‑500
REPORT DATE
LOCATION DESCRIPTION OF LOSS CONTENTS OF LAPTOP ACCORDING TO FORM FD‑500

182

04/19/01

Washington

Laptop lost in transit from Rwanda to Washington DC

Special Agent not certain if classified information was contained on the hard drive.

2

08/17/01

San Antonio

Stolen from secured Bucar at agent’s residence

CND83

3

10/25/01

Baltimore Special Ops Group

Office space was burglarized

CND

4

11/12/01

Salt Lake City

Burglarized at Special Agent’s residence-3-day suspension

Laptop’s hard drive had recently been wiped clean with no national security or law enforcement sensitive information.

5

12/06/01

FBI HQ

Unable to locate during physical inventory.

CND

6

01/25/02

New York

Bucar car was burglarized.

CND

7

02/27/02

Los Angeles

Bucar car was burglarized

CND

8

02/28/02

San Juan

Unable to locate during physical inventory.

CND

9

03/12/02

FBI HQ

Unable to locate during physical inventory.

CND

10

03/27/02

FBI HQ

Unknown

CND

11

04/11/02

FBI Laboratory

Lost when laptop was shipped for repair.

CND

12

05/02/02

Philadelphia

Bucar was burglarized.

CND

13

05/06/02

Salt Lake City

Luggage was left with hotel prior to check in. When Special Agent returned to retrieve luggage, the laptop was missing.

CND

14

05/16/02

Miami

Special Agent’s residence was burglarized.

Laptop did not contain any files and was protected with Safeguard Easy for Windows 2000.

15

05/16/02

Kansas City

Bucar was burglarized.

CND

16

06/24/02

Los Angeles

Special Agent’s residence was burglarized.

Laptop did not contain classified material on its hard drive.

17

07/16/02

Boston

Bucar was burglarized.

Laptop was password protected and used to run diagnostics on radio equipment. Laptop contained classified and/or sensitive information.

18

07/17/02

Miami

Special Agent was robbed.

Laptop was used in an undercover capacity and does not contain any classified material nor any FBI macros.

19

07/29/02

FBI HQ

Special Agent’s residence was burglarized.

Laptop contained classified and/or sensitive information including names, addresses and phone numbers of FBI personnel.

20

09/09/02

Indianapolis

Unable to locate during physical inventory.

CND

21

09/09/02

Indianapolis

Unable to locate during physical inventory.

Cannot Determine however laptop contained sensitive and/or classified information.

22

09/09/02

Indianapolis

Laptop never used by FBI and turned over to Supply Tech for disposal

CND

23

09/09/02

Indianapolis

Laptop never used by FBI and turned over to Supply Tech for disposal

CND

24

09/09/02

Indianapolis

Unable to locate during physical inventory-No disciplinary action

CND

25

09/09/02

Indianapolis

Laptop never used by FBI and turned over to Supply Tech for surplus/disposal

CND

26

10/11/02

New Orleans

Bucar was burglarized-
3-day suspension

Laptop used for processing surveillance work.

27

10/17/02

Kansas

Laptop burglarized from rental truck

CND

28

10/18/02

New York

Laptop stolen from secure trial preparation room in USA’s office

CND

29

10/25/02

New York

Bucar was burglarized

CND

30

11/05/02

New York

Unable to locate during physical inventory.

CND

31

11/05/02

New York

Unable to locate during physical inventory

Laptop used for administrative record keeping, and not investigative purposes.

32

11/12/02

New York

Unknown

CND

33

11/12/02

New York

Unknown

CND

34

11/12/02

New York

Unknown

CND

35

11/12/02

New York

Unknown

CND

36

11/18/02

FBI HQ

Unknown

CND

37

11/18/02

FBI HQ

Unknown

CND

38

12/31/02

New York

Unable to locate during physical inventory

CND

39

01/08/03

Philadelphia

Special Agent lost laptop-3-day suspension

CND

40

02/05/03

FBI HQ

Laptop was surplused

CND

41

02/12/03

FBI HQ

Unable to locate during physical inventory

CND

42

03/07/03

Miami

Laptop burglarized from FBI boat

Laptop contained a navigation program and WordPerfect. All FBI macros had been previously removed.

43

03/31/03

FBI HQ

Unable to locate during physical inventory

CND

44

04/02/03

FBI HQ

Unknown

CND

45

05/15/03

FBI HQ

Unable to locate during physical inventory

CND

46

05/15/03

FBI HQ

Unable to locate during physical inventory

CND

47

05/27/03

Washington

Unknown

CND

48

06/09/03

New York

Unknown

CND

49

06/18/03

Atlanta

Unable to locate during physical inventory

CND

50

06/19/03

FBI HQ

Unable to locate during physical inventory

CND

51

06/25/03

Chicago

Unable to locate during physical inventory-Letter of Censure issued

CND

52

07/08/03

Salt Lake City

Unable to locate during physical inventory

CND

53

07/09/03

Pittsburgh

Unable to locate during physical inventory

CND

54

07/10/03

FBI HQ

Unknown

CND

55

07/14/03

San Juan

Unknown

CND

56

07/14/03

FBI HQ

Laptop was stolen

CND

57

07/15/03

Philadelphia

Unable to locate during physical inventory

CND

58

07/15/03

New York

Unable to locate during physical inventory

CND

59

07/15/03

New York

Unknown

CND

60

07/15/03

Phoenix

Unable to locate during physical inventory

CND

61

07/16/03

Washington Field

Unable to locate during physical inventory

CND

62

07/16/03

Washington Field

Unable to locate during physical inventory

CND

63

07/16/03

Legal Attaché Office

Unable to locate during physical inventory

CND

64

07/16/03

Los Angeles

Unable to locate during physical inventory

CND

65

07/16/03

Boston

Unable to locate during physical inventory

CND

66

07/16/03

San Francisco

Unable to locate during physical inventory

CND

67

07/16/03

Los Angeles

Unable to locate during physical inventory

CND

68

07/16/03

Memphis

Unable to locate during physical inventory

CND

69

07/16/03

San Francisco

Unable to locate during physical inventory

CND

70

07/16/03

San Francisco

Unable to locate during physical inventory

CND

71

07/16/03

Los Angeles

Unable to locate during physical inventory

CND

72

07/16/03

FBI HQ

Unknown

CND

73

07/17/03

FBI HQ

Unknown

CND

74

07/17/03

FBI HQ

Unknown

CND

75

07/17/03

FBI HQ

Unknown

CND

76

07/17/03

FBI HQ

Unknown

CND

77

07/17/03

FBI HQ

Unknown

CND

78

07/17/03

FBI HQ

Unknown

CND

79

07/21/03

FBI HQ

Unable to locate during physical inventory—No disciplinary action

CND

80

07/21/03

FBI HQ

Unable to locate during physical inventory—No disciplinary action

CND

81

07/21/03

FBI HQ

Car was burglarized

CND

82

07/21/03

FBI HQ

Unable to locate during physical inventory—No disciplinary action

CND

83

07/22/03

FBI HQ

Unable to locate during physical inventory

CND

84

07/23/03

FBI HQ

Unable to locate during physical inventory—No disciplinary action

CND

85

07/23/03

FBI HQ

Unable to locate during physical inventory-No disciplinary action

CND

86

09/29/03

Washington

Laptop stolen from Hotel

CND

87

10/09/03

FBI HQ

Laptop stolen from unlocked vehicle

CND

88

11/10/03

San Diego

Laptop disposed

CND

89

12/01/03

Seattle

Laptop stolen from Bucar

CND

90

01/26/04

San Francisco

Laptop stolen from POV-No disciplinary action

Laptop used primarily for surveillances.

91

03/18/04

Washington

Laptop stolen

Laptop contained certification and accreditation documentation.

92

03/24/04

Unknown

Unknown

CND

93

03/24/04

Information Resource Division

Unable to locate during physical inventory

CND

94

03/24/04

Information Resource Division

Unable to locate during physical inventory

CND

95

03/26/04

Los Angeles

Unable to locate during physical inventory

CND

96

03/26/04

Los Angeles

Unable to locate during physical inventory

CND

97

03/30/04

New York

Unable to locate during physical inventory

CND

98

04/28/04

FBI HQ

Unknown

CND

99

04/28/04

FBI HQ

Unknown

CND

100

04/28/04

FBI HQ

Unknown

CND

101

05/04/04

FBI HQ

Laptop stolen from POV

CND

102

05/04/04

Los Angeles

Unable to locate during physical inventory

CND

103

05/05/04

New York

Unable to locate during physical inventory

CND

104

05/05/04

Atlanta

Unable to locate during physical inventory

CND

105

05/05/04

FBI HQ

Laptop lost in IRAQ

CND

106

05/05/04

Boston

Unable to locate during physical inventory

CND

107

05/05/04

FBI HQ

Unable to locate during physical inventory

CND

108

05/11/04

San Francisco

Unknown

CND

109

05/13/04

Birmingham

Laptop stolen from Special Agent’s residence-No disciplinary action

CND

110

05/14/04

Milwaukee

Unable to locate during physical inventory

Laptops hard disk drive removed due to age prior to it being lost.

111

05/19/04

Washington

Unable to locate during physical inventory

CND

112

05/26/04

FBI HQ

Unable to locate during physical inventory

CND

113

05/26/04

FBI HQ

Unable to locate during physical inventory

CND

114

05/26/04

FBI HQ

Unable to locate during physical inventory

CND

115

05/28/04

New York

Laptop lost in the mail-No disciplinary action

CND

116

05/28/04

New York

Unknown

CND

117

05/28/04

New York

Unknown

CND

118

05/28/04

New York

Unknown

CND

119

06/03/04

FBI HQ

Unable to locate during physical inventory

CND

120

06/07/04

Seattle

Stolen from Bucar

Laptop contained no FBI programs or data.

121

06/07/04

Seattle

Stolen from Bucar

Laptop contained no FBI programs or data.

122

08/06/04

Atlanta

Unable to locate during physical inventory

CND

123

11/08/04

Boston

Unable to locate during physical inventory

Laptop contained software determined to be “obsolete”.

124

11/15/04

FBI HQ

Laptop stolen

CND

125

11/15/04

FBI HQ

Laptop stolen

CND

126

11/16/04

Washington

Laptop stolen from residence

CND

127

12/03/04

Atlanta

Laptop stolen from residence-Pending OPR investigation

Laptop hard drive was “wiped clean” just prior to the theft.

128

12/16/04

San Francisco

Laptop stolen from Bucar

CND

129

01/31/05

Los Angeles

Laptop stolen from residence

Laptop contained commercial off-the-shelf software and was fully encrypted and password protected with Pointsec.

130

04/08/05

Philadelphia

Unable to locate during physical inventory

CND

131

04/12/05

Detroit

Burglary of Motor home

CND

132

04/30/05

FBI HQ

Unknown

CND

133

05/04/05

FBI HQ

Unknown

CND

134

05/04/05

FBI HQ

Unknown

CND

135

05/04/05

FBI HQ

Unknown

CND

136

05/05/05

FBI HQ

Laptop left on plane

CND

137

05/05/05

Las Vegas

Unable to locate during physical inventory

CND

138

05/05/05

FBI HQ

Unknown

CND

139

05/06/05

FBI HQ

Unknown

CND

140

05/06/05

FBI HQ

Unable to locate during physical inventory-Pending OPR investigation

CND

141

05/06/05

Unknown

Unable to locate during physical inventory

CND

142

05/07/05

FBI HQ

Laptop stolen from vehicle

CND

143

05/09/05

FBI HQ

Unable to locate during physical inventory-Pending OPR investigation

CND

144

05/09/05

Salt Lake City

Unknown

CND

145

05/09/05

FBI HQ

Unknown

CND

146

05/12/05

FBI HQ

Laptop lost in IRAQ

CND

147

05/17/05

FBI HQ

Unknown

CND

148

06/23/05

Puerto Rico

Laptop stolen from Bucar-Pending OPR investigation

CND

149

08/26/05

FBI HQ

Laptop stolen from POV-Pending OPR investigation

Laptop included Pointsec encryption software. Laptop also included classified and/or sensitive information.

150

08/26/05

San Diego

Laptop stolen from Bucar-Pending OPR investigation

CND

151

10/19/05

FBI HQ

Unknown

CND

152

Unknown

FBI HQ

Unable to locate during physical inventory

CND

153

Unknown

FBI HQ

Unknown

CND

154

Unknown

FBI HQ

Unknown

CND

155

Unknown

FBI HQ

Unknown

CND

156

Unknown

FBI HQ

Unknown

CND

157

Unknown

FBI HQ

Unknown

CND

158

Unknown

FBI HQ

Unknown

CND

159

Unknown

FBI HQ

Unknown

CND

160

Unknown

FBI HQ

Unknown

CND



Footnotes
  1. While laptop losses 1 through 6 occurred prior to our audit period beginning February 1, 2002; we included them in our audit because they were reported during the period of our review.

  2. Cannot Determine.



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