---
title: "Laptop With ‘Sensitive’ Docs Stolen From Secret Service Vehicle"
description: "A thief grabbed a laptop containing Trump Tower floor plans and other \"sensitive\" information that could compromise national security from a Secret Service agent's vehicle on Thursday."
date: "2017-03-17"
modified: "2019-05-02"
authors:
  - name: "Kyle Cheromcha"
    job_title: "Editor-in-Chief"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/kyle-cheromcha"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/article/8416/laptop-with-sensitive-docs-stolen-from-secret-service-vehicle"
categories:
  - "Culture"
  - "News"
tags:
  - "Crime"
  - "Laptop"
  - "national security"
  - "president trump"
  - "Secret Service"
  - "theft"
---

# Laptop With ‘Sensitive’ Docs Stolen From Secret Service Vehicle

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There are few feelings worse than coming out to your car after a long day of work and realizing that someone has broken in. Maybe you see shards of glass framing a freshly-punched hole in the window, or maybe you left it unlocked and your stereo receiver is conspicuously absent. Or maybe you're a Secret Service agent, and [a thief grabbed a laptop](<https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/laptop-trump-tower-floor-plans-stolen-secret-service-article-1.3001078>) containing floor plans for Trump Tower, information on the Clinton email investigation, and other documents related to national security. Yeah, that last one sounds way worse than having to replace a crappy Pioneer unit.

But that's the reality for one unnamed Secret Service agent in Brooklyn, who reported yesterday that a thief broke into her official vehicle as it was parked outside her home. The [*New York Daily News*](<https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/laptop-trump-tower-floor-plans-stolen-secret-service-article-1.3001078>) reports it's likely the man took an Uber to the area and grabbed the laptop and a bag containing the agent's access keycard, plus a few other documents. Later, he can be seen on a security camera walking away from the scene carrying the bag.

"It's a very big deal," an NYPD source told the Daily News, saying that the Secret Service is basically running the investigation and ["scrambling like mad"](<https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/laptop-trump-tower-floor-plans-stolen-secret-service-article-1.3001078>) to find the laptop. Though the bag and a few items in it were soon recovered, the laptop is still MIA.

Though it likely contains multiple layers of encryption and other forms of security, it seems pretty clear that a computer holding information related to national security should be at least *slightly* more secured. There's no word on whether the agent will be punished over the incident—other than confirming the theft, the USSS has been unsurprisingly tight-lipped about the situation.

## Author
Overseeing an expert staff of writers and editors from his lair in Los Angeles, Kyle shapes The Drive’s singular approach to covering the automotive industry and car culture. He’s been with the site as a writer since 2017, taking over as editor in 2019. On a daily basis, Kyle is responsible for directing The Drive's editorial news and car review content strategies, setting special coverage priorities, managing complex reporting projects, and ensuring what you read on the page meets our high internal standards for quality and trustworthiness. He is also the executive producer of The Drive's YouTube channel, which was relaunched in February 2024 to great acclaim and has accumulated over 14M new views in its first year back on the scene. He hosts a biweekly series on the channel where he breaks down fascinating and complicated stories from the automotive world.

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