In the latest installment of Gummint-Stupids, we find the US Marshal's office lost $60 million in radios.
Yup. $$SIXTY MILLION. For 2,000 radios.
Encrypted radios. The ones that criminal syndicates really want to "find."
Of course, it's just "an inventory system change". And it took an FOIA request to get USMS to admit the problem. And USMS employees were ordered to use the phone--not email--when discussing the matter internally.
Well, at least they have ammo.
Right?
ReplyDeleteAnyone who believes these radios are lost is exactly the passive idiot Uncle Scam celebrates.
This is a radio laundering process sending these radios to DHS, FEMA, and other government departmental organizations building the secret domestic army for radical tyrannical oppression.
It is obvious stealing radios from other departments with little to no audit trail is preferential to having to explain why DHS or FEMA is purchasing encrypted radios besides all the bullets they are buying.
Encrypted radios... now THERE'S a tough one to hack. /sarcasm
Ranks right up there with 40 bit encryption and finding Anonymous' true identity.
ReplyDeleteAnyone who believes these radios are lost is exactly the passive idiot Uncle Scam celebrates.
This is a radio laundering process sending these radios to DHS, FEMA, and other government departmental organizations building the secret domestic army for radical tyrannical oppression.
It is obvious stealing radios from other departments with little to no audit trail is preferential to having to explain why DHS or FEMA is purchasing encrypted radios besides all the bullets they are buying.
Encrypted radios... now THERE'S a tough one to hack. /sarcasm
Ranks right up there with 40 bit encryption and finding Anonymous' true identity.
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ReplyDeleteHere they come.
A fraction of what the bozos "misplaced" in Iraq. But every dollar counts!
ReplyDeleteSomething is wrong here. Hasn't anyone done the math on this? $60m for 3000 radios is $30,000.00 per radio. Technology is expensive but it ain't that expensive.
ReplyDeleteYour average non-encrypted Motorola public service radio goes for around $800 to $1200. That's far more than what a commercial use radio with similar characteristics would go for but public service does have special needs and commensurate costs. I don't think that justifies the cost but it is what it is.
However, $30,000 for a radio whose only difference between it and its $1000 partner is encryption? No, I'm afraid not.
Again, something is wrong here. Either in the reporting, the numbers or the price paid for those radios. Something is wrong.
Correction - $60m for 2000 radios. The $30k number per radio is still accurate.
ReplyDeleteRead the article.
ReplyDeleteIt's SIX million, not sixty million, dollars.
The blog posting stated $60m (SIXTY) twice. $6m makes a little more sense. $3000 for an encryption capable radio is still a bit rich but a lot more in line than $30k each.
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