DOJ: Misplaced Laptops Still a Problem

February 12th, 2007

(AP) -- Between three and four FBI laptop computers are lost or stolen each month on average and the agency is unable to say in many instances whether information on the machines is sensitive or classified, the Justice Department's inspector general said Monday.

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