U.S. authorities are investigating whether Chinese officials secretly copied the contents of a government laptop computer during a visit to China by Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez and used the information to try to hack into Commerce computers...See, because government officials are "The Only Ones" who can be trusted with laptop data, to the point of assigning themselves authority to inspect yours...
Gee, I hope nobody would think less of me if I ponder out loud on how badly the story I'm hearing here stinks. Because I have absolutely no evidence to speculate about bribes for setting something down and turning a blind eye--I'd much prefer to believe this is just monumental stupidity bordering on a criminally negligent security breach instead of a deliberate act of treason.
[Via Plug Nickel Times]