In a followup to this
In a followup to this post, Canadian RCMP officers arrested a man for stealing a 30Gb hard drive from an allegedly secure facility run by IBM subsidiary ISM Canada. More details in the Globe and Mail article: Police satisfied hard-drive data not used illegally and this CBC article: Regina police recover missing hard drive.
e.p.c. posted this at 15:40 GMT on 9-Feb-2003 . Archive Link