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more thefts by the laptop fairy<br>
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<a href="http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/wire/sns-ap-missing-laptops0807aug07.story" eudora="autourl">http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/wire/sns-ap-missing-laptops0807aug07.story</a>
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<b>Laptops Gone From Afghan War Center<br>
</b>By Associated Press<br>
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August 7, 2002, 2:32 PM EDT<br>
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TAMPA, Fla. -- Two laptop computers are missing from the military command center coordinating the war in Afghanistan, including one with classified information, officials said Wednesday. <br>
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The Air Force Office of Special Investigations is investigating the computers' possible theft from U.S. Central Command, office spokesman Maj. Mike Richmond said. The computers disappeared Thursday. <br>
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Central Command would not release further details, such as what information was stored on the computers and what office or person was responsible for them. <br>
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Gen. Richard Myers, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told a news conference at the Pentagon that one of the computers contained classified information. He said it was too soon to say whether the computers were simply missing or stolen. <br>
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"The good news is that they were in a single room that is tightly controlled, where access is tightly controlled," Myers said. <br>
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