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[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by andViolins
The full GAO report is located here:

www.gao.gov/new.items/d02360.pdf

Go to page 47 for the discussion on keyboards and missing "w" keys. As is usually the case, the "truth" lies somewhere in the middle.

aV

From the report:

• According to a limited number of OP, GSA, and former Clinton administration staff we interviewed who worked in the White House complex during previous transitions, as well as a press account that we reviewed, some of the same types of observations that were made concerning the condition of the White House complex during the 2001 transition were also made during the 1993 transition. These observations included missing office signs and doorknobs, messages written inside desks, prank signs and messages, piles of furniture and equipment, and excessive trash left in offices. We also observed writing in a desk in the EEOB that was dated 1993. In addition, words and initials were reported observed carved into desks during the 1993 transition, which were not reported observed during the 2001 transition. On the other hand, no one said they observed keyboards with missing and damaged keys during previous transitions, as numerous people said they observed in the White House complex during the 2001 transition.

I think that last thing is because taking off the "C," "L," "I," "N," "T," and "O" keys from a keyboard would have been a little too subtle.