Investigation Into Huge Loss of Computerized Clinton Data

[babylonsister]

Investigation Into Huge Loss of Computerized Clinton Data

By DAVID JOHNSTON
Published: May 19, 2009


WASHINGTON — Federal authorities are investigating the loss of a computer hard drive containing a huge quantity of personal information from Bill Clinton’s presidency in an apparent security breach at a National Archives record center, government officials said Tuesday.

Government officials briefed on the matter said the breach, which was confirmed in April, involved the loss of a drive containing a terabyte of computerized data, which could include millions of individual pieces of information, including personal information about one of then Vice President Al Gore’s three daughters.

The missing information included Social Security numbers and home addresses of numerous people who visited or worked at the White House, along with other material related to security procedures used by the Secret Service at the White House in the Clinton years.

The National Archives and Records Administration said Tuesday in a statement that the agency “takes very seriously the loss of an external hard drive that contained copies of electronic storage tapes from the executive office of the president of the Clinton administration.”

The archives statement said the hard drive contained “an as-yet-unknown amount of personally identifiable information of White House staff and visitors.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/20/us/20archives.html?_r=1&ref=todayspaper

[blogslut]

1. Let's hope they only misplaced it

It would suck if they accidentally wiped it, threw it away or some goon stole it.

EDIT ADD: You would think the damned National Archives would understand the importance of backups.

[babylonsister]

2. I think someone stole it (maybe a gop operative looking for

dirt on Hillary last year?). How does one even get into the Nat'l Archives' files? This is a head scratcher.

[blogslut]

4. The story says it was an external hard drive

All one has to do is unplug it.

That's why I'm hoping it was misplaced.

[MagickMuffin]

3. Now who would WANT all that info?.?.?

It was not clear how anyone could have removed presidential computer records from the highly secured archive in suburban Maryland, although officials said the hard drive was removed from a storage area to a work space that was accessible to many archive employees and visitors.

Why would they remove the hard drive where anyone could access it?.?.?

Were the Cheney's visitors recently?.?.?

Very fishy if you ask me.

:kick: & RRRRRRR