Fuck, how can computers just be stolen like that?? Reminds me of a story that 11,000 laptops from the pentagon or whatever with people's records on em just disappeared.
Ever seen a 'technician' walk around with a computer under his arms? Did you stop him(/her

)?
And I think you mean a 'laptop with records of 11.000 service man from the pentagon', but that might be the 'old' trick of stealing them from a car.
Mandatory encription is now something they 'seem' to want to introduce, hey I do not either, but then again, I also do not have the same type of data on my laptop.