Security Risk Probe Continues in Afghanistan

AP reports that "American investigators carrying a 'box full' of cash have paid thousands of dollars to buy back stolen computer drives" in Afghanistan, a story first reported here on Tuesday.

Al Jazerra reports that some of the drives "appear to detail how Taliban and al-Qaeda leaders have been using southwestern Pakistan as a key planning and training base for attacks in Afghanistan."

The question no news report has addressed to date: WHY in the world are military staff being allowed to put sensitive data on portable drives? The risks are enormous. Portable flash drives are often used to move data from a work machine to a home machine -- but why would anyone put classified or personnel information on a drive to take home? Moreover, how can so many drives be stolen without employee knowledge of the drive's disappearance? (Hint: they can't be.)

Here's another example of "inept" security management -- this time in the Greek military.