Washington - The FBI, the law enforcement agency plagued by a series of recent blunders, has discovered that 449 of its weapons and 184 of its laptop computers have been stolen or lost, FBI officials said yesterday.
They said one of the missing laptop computers contained classified information from two closed investigations while three others may have contained classified information.
The unaccounted for firearms ranged from pistols and handguns to rifles, shotguns and sub-machine guns, they said. An official said one of the stolen firearms had been used in a homicide. An investigation has been ordered by the Justice Department.