Sensitive hard drive MASSIVE DATA missing- National Archives

Also, Bill Clinton was just named as U.N. Envoy to Haiti a of couple days ago.
http://washingtonindependent.com/434...envoy-to-haiti

What the $^%&*^ is happening??!! It looks like a lot of tracks are being covered up, or is it just me? -

There's a lot weird lately. This hard drive gone. Obama being Cheney-esque. A new deal with Israel. Witness mysteriously dead re "Al Qaeda" in Iraq. Senate delayed Guantanamo closure (not sure where to put the prisoners, even though prisons were offered, e.g. Montana). The circle of CIA interrogation - soldiers, agents, operatives, leaders, soldiers, agents, and the blame goes around - until everyone's dizzy with national security, troop morale, the protecting the integrity of any good work that's done. Public release of interrogation photos denied now.

Condoleeza Rice is on a public policy speaking tour now too (like George Bush), ... it's like nothing happened.

Sensitive data missing from National Archives
Associated Press Writer Larry Margasak – Tue May 19, 7:36 pm ET
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090519/...ecurity_breach

WASHINGTON – The National Archives lost a computer hard drive containing massive amounts of sensitive data from the Clinton administration, including Social Security numbers, addresses, and Secret Service and White House operating procedures, congressional officials said Tuesday.

One of former Vice President Al Gore's three daughters is among those whose Social Security numbers were on the drive, but it was not clear which of them was victimized. Other information includes logs of events, social gatherings and political records.

The FBI is conducting a criminal investigation of the matter, according to Rep. Edolphus Towns, D-N.Y., chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. Towns and the committee's senior Republican, Rep. Darrell Issa of California, said they would continue to seek more information about the breach.

The lawmakers said they learned of the loss from the inspector general of the National Archives and Records Administration. The drive is missing from the Archives facility in College Park, Md., a Washington suburb. The drive was lost between October 2008 and March 2009 and contained 1 terabyte of data — enough material to fill millions of books.

A Republican committee aide who was at a briefing held by the inspector general said the Archives had been converting the Clinton administration information to a digital records system when the hard drive went missing.

The aide, who was not authorized to be quoted by name, said the hard drive was left on a shelf and unused for an uncertain period of time. When the employee tried to resume work, the hard drive was missing.

Committee staff members were told there is a copy of the massive amount of information, but Archives officials have only just begun to learn what was on the drive.

Towns said he would have the FBI and inspector general brief committee members so they can "begin to understand the magnitude of the security breach and all of the steps being taken to recover the lost information.

"The committee will do everything possible to prevent compromising the integrity of the FBI's criminal investigation while we fulfill our constitutional duty to investigate the compromised security protocols," he said.

Issa called for the Archives acting director, Adrienne Thomas, to appear before a committee panel Thursday to "explain how such an outrageous breach of security happened."

"This egregious breach raises significant questions regarding the effectiveness of the security protocols that are in place at the National Archives and Records Administration," he said.

Issa said the hard drive was moved from a "secure" storage area to a workspace while it was in use. The inspector general explained that at least 100 badge-holders had access to the area where the hard drive was left unsecured.

Besides those with official access to sensitive material, the inspector general said janitors, visitors, interns and others passed through the area, according to Issa. Further, the workspace is in an area that Archives workers pass through on their way to the bathroom and the door often is left open for ventilation.

"The IG is investigating the situation as a crime with the assistance of the Department of Justice and the Secret Service but they have not yet determined if the loss was the result of theft or accidental loss," Issa said.