"I can assure all Americans that the assistant secretary could have sworn she had it with her when she went through the metal detector," Chertoff said. "According to the latest information, she set it down for only a second right before the briefing, and now it is gone. Officials have diligently checked everywhere from the bathroom, to the top of the refrigerator in the breakroom, to the underground emergency command bunker we were touring this morning with representatives from the Centers for Disease Control, but apparently it has simply disappeared."
Added Chertoff, "It has got to be around here somewhere, so please, if you see a blue folder, say something."
Dept. Of Homeland Security: 'Has Anybody Seen a Blue Folder?'
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