More on the stolen Border Patrol laptop

The TV station that broke the story has received a response from the Border Patrol and the navy command. The latter state that no secret information was at risk and that laptop was taken for its "intrinsic value".

It's bad enough that some one in a law enforcement agency would steal computer hardware. And it is rather odd to steal from a "secure" office when there are so many other, easier targets .

I wonder why the BP would not provide a written statement and simply dictated one over the phone.

It looks like the original homeland security concerns of the original story were overstated.