Government Says Stolen VA Laptop Recovered

Thursday June 29, 2006 4:31 PM

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By HOPE YEN

Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) -The government has recovered the stolen laptop computer and hard drive containing sensitive data for up to 26.5 million veterans and military personnel, Veterans Affairs Secretary Jim Nicholson said Thursday.

Nicholson said law enforcement officials were still investigating to determine whether data from the equipment, which included names, birth dates and Social Security numbers, had been duplicated or utilized in any way.