Secret Service tapes lost on train under investigation
It might remind you of the new smash-hit James Bond movie "Skyfall", in which the villains steal a device with top secret information on the identities of British agents.
But in this case, sensitive data was left on a subway train.
Law enforcement and congressional sources tell CNN a contractor working for the U.S. Secret Service accidentally left a pouch containing two computer backup tapes on a train in Washington's Metrorail subway system.
The tapes contained very sensitive Secret Service personnel and investigative information, and if accessed could be highly damaging, according to sources.
The contractor was transporting the pouch from Secret Service headquarters in Washington to a now-closed data facility in Maryland. The sources say the contractor got off a Metro train, and later realized the pouch had been left behind. The Secret Service and the Metro police were contacted, and an aggressive search took place.
full: http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/07/us/secret-service-lost-tapes/index.html
Why is the Secret Service allowing such sensitive information to be transported by PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION in the first place?
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