Worst case scenerio (Score 1)

I'm always amazed at the communities limited understanding of the media world and how it does its reporting. The media is reporting how BP is treating the issue, not what has actually happened. BP is handling this in a worst case scenario: the laptop has been stolen/lost, the information on the laptop has been compromised, and the individual responsible is maliciously using the claimants information in a mischievous way. They have only confirmed they do not have in their possession a laptop with claims information. Let's also not forget just how often local politicians, lawyers, and claims adjusters have asked for this information on the spot with little regard to the claimants privacy. If BP had the option I imagine they would have this information on servers behind a DMZ with little to no outside access, but we have demanded that they be transparent with everything as quickly as possible (spill cam, reporters on a drill rig, live video feed of their ROVs, daily technical reports during the spill...). I don't know about you but when good 'ol Bobby Jindal asks for claims information I doubt he is wanting to do log shipping of encrypted data base tables. He just wants a damn excel file.