Army Moving to Secure Data at Afghan Base

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WASHINGTON — The Army's chief of staff said Wednesday that he was frustrated by security lapses at Bagram air base in Afghanistan that led to the loss of potentially sensitive data, and that the military must learn how to be more careful with new technology.

Weeks after revelations that flash drives carrying sensitive and classified information have turned up for sale in a bazaar outside Bagram, Gen. Peter J. Schoomaker said the Army was trying to improve how soldiers used and secured flash drives.

"We have been working hard to educate the force to develop policies to make sure everyone understands what the vulnerabilities are," he said.
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At the request of military officials, The Times on Wednesday returned the flash drives it had purchased at the Bagram bazaar.

U.S. military officials have been vague about the steps they are taking to improve security practices in Afghanistan and throughout the armed forces.

The military is "making all attempts to protect the identities of people who are helping us to defeat the enemy," Col. Thomas Collins, a spokesman for the U.S. military in Afghanistan, wrote in an e-mail.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-drives27apr27,0,2091770.story?coll=la-home-headlines

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1. Gosh, that's a good idea!

Glad they thought of that....finally....:crazy: