Like this should be a surprise or something, at this point.
Federal investigators will look into the disappearance of $22 million worth of scientific equipment, computers and other items from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Sad that my first thought was 'what, only $22 million? That's nothing. Minor league compared to Iraq and Bremer's group. I bet they weren't even loaded onto handilly moved pallets.
Between fiscal 2004 and 2006, there were 61 investigations into the theft or disappearance of agency property. No arrests or disciplinary action resulted from those investigations, said CDC spokesman Tom Skinner on Wednesday. He said several investigations are ongoing.
Skinner said much of the equipment was discovered missing during a major reorganization in the agency. He said staff are using new computer programs to better track items.
Now what I wonder is, is this a diversion from the issues going on with Ms. Former-Supreme-Court-Nominee Harriet Meiers' contempt of Congress, or just more in the waterfall of unbelievable incompetance?