Reply #3: This story seems to be a lot bigger than just a few missing disks.

[jimshoes]

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2004/07/25/2003180308

The missing Los Alamos disks raised concern within the Energy Department about the handling of the devices at other facilities involved in nuclear weapons research, department officials said.

Abraham said he wanted to "minimize the risk of human error or malfeasance" that could compromise the classified nuclear-related information held in the devices that are used at DOE facilities nationwide in nuclear-related work.

"While we have no evidence that the problems currently being investigated are present elsewhere, we have a responsibility to take all necessary action to prevent such problems from occurring at all," Abraham said in a statement.

The department declined to identify the sites that will be affected by the work suspensions, beginning tomorrow.

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Here is another article from SFGate

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2004/07/15/MNGKE7LMNK1.DTL