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Aug 10, 2000 - 09:27 AM
Reward offered for laptop
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON - The State Department announced
yesterday a $25,000 reward for information leading to
the recovery of a missing laptop computer that contains
highly classified information.
Spokesman Richard Boucher said the department
hopes the award offer will generate leads. The
computer disappeared in late January from a sixth-floor
conference room in the department's Bureau of
Intelligence and Research. The FBI and the State
Department's Bureau of Diplomatic Security are
investigating.
Boucher said the laptop's disappearance is a
"potentially serious breach of security." Other officials
have said the computer contained information on the
proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and on
technologies for launching such weaponry.
Boucher said the computer is a black Dell with a
five-digit serial number ending in the letter "Q." It is
located on a sticker in the back, near the ports.
Officials are not sure whether the laptop was stolen or
misplaced or, if it was stolen, whether it was taken for
the information it contained or merely for the value of the
computer.
Anyone with information about the laptop is encouraged
to contact the State Department at (202) 647-7277.
http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGIOX6AGQBC.html
