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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Secret Service 'Theft' Caught on Video, Thief Knew What He Was After
2017-03-21
[TMZ]. The thief who swiped a Secret Service agent’s laptop targeted the agent in question and knew exactly what he was after ... law enforcement sources tell TMZ.

Our sources say the thief -- whom they say is a man -- was caught on surveillance video pulling up to the agent's driveway in an Uber at around 3 AM Thursday.

The video shows the man make a beeline for the agent's car, removing a backpack with the computer inside and then walking off. As we reported, the hard drive contained Trump Tower floor plans and evacuation protocols, but the agency insists there was no classified info inside.
What kind of professional gumshoe leaves confidential info in their (unlocked?) unattended car?
The thief also made off with a passport and several Secret Service lapel pins.

It's unclear what the thief was looking for if all the content was non-sensitive.

We're told the video is grainy so it's hard to make out the thief's features, but it's definitely a lead.
I'd be looking closely at the phone and computer records of the Agent. But that's just me.

The agent's bank accounts and credit history should also be examined.
Posted by:Vast Right Wing Conspiracy

#13  How do they know it was an Uber? Unless they have the license plate, which should make tracking the passenger easy.

Either the thief was dumb as bricks, or this was a sophisticated operation with a false persona.
Posted by: phil_b   2017-03-21 20:43  

#12  Whatever other crimes the agent may have committed he is clearly felony stupid.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2017-03-21 12:28  

#11  As I posted yesterday, I don't worry about SS agents who say they won't take a bullet for Trump, but about ones who're more discrete.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2017-03-21 10:40  

#10  Genius found in the illogical?

A 'Genius' might have fleshed it out a bit more to make it believable, though. The 'unlocked vehicle' would NOT be SOP for any area resident. The video supposedly doesn't show the guy using a key or anything to enter the car, either.

The idea that a 'thief' simply trolled residential areas, riding in an Uber no less, looking for unlocked vehicles with laptops/passports/lapel pins (with very powerful night vision double plus ultra x-ray binoculars, no doubt) is beyond absurd.
Posted by: Mullah Richard   2017-03-21 10:28  

#9  Setting up a Dead Drop in your own driveway is an interesting twist.

Genius found in the illogical? Well I mean, James Comey is still the Director of the FBI.
Posted by: Besoeker   2017-03-21 10:05  

#8  Setting up a Dead Drop in your own driveway is an interesting twist.

Usually preferred would be a bench or lampost in lovely Ft. Greene Park, but leaving the 'bundle' in your driveway might deflect from you as simply being stupid and not actually subversive.

Leaving one's vehicle unlocked at 3AM (in Brooklyn mind you, not Greenleaf Kansas), and not simply staging a 'smash and grab' to retrieve the item(s), does indicate the latter in my mind.
Posted by: Mullah Richard   2017-03-21 10:00  

#7  @#5: I thought Uber passenger ratings were posted on youtube?
Posted by: Beldar Lumumba8289   2017-03-21 08:26  

#6  Was the thief the Uber driver?

Doesn't take much to find a conspiracy here between the SS agent and the thief, and ????
Posted by: AlanC   2017-03-21 08:05  

#5  My thought too Besoeker. There ought to be a trail of breadcrumbs. BTW, how did Uber rate this passenger?
Posted by: JohnQC   2017-03-21 07:49  

#4   Doesn't Uber require a smart phone and credit card? Plus Uber drives often record their customers. Lastly the Uber driver would be a witness. Posted by Airandee

Yes, there could in fact be a trail. I suspect a generous cash transaction however.

More importantly, it would appear Trump Towers is under surveillance of one type or another. Perhaps less time should be spent there.
Posted by: Besoeker   2017-03-21 06:31  

#3  Doesn't Uber require a smart phone and credit card? Plus Uber drives often record their customers. Lastly the Uber driver would be a witness.
Posted by: Airandee   2017-03-21 06:24  

#2  I hadn't thought of a Dead Drop. Considering how messed up the SS has become it's believable.
Posted by: Jeasing Creque5352   2017-03-21 05:50  

#1  Sounds more like a dead drop than a robbery.
Posted by: SteveS   2017-03-21 00:47  

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