REPORT OF INVESTIGATION
CONCERNING
THE MISSING U.S. CENTRAL COMMAND
NUCLEAR, BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL
DESK LOGS

OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

October 20, 1997

This version of the report has been redacted in accordance with the Privacy Act

of 1974 for public release

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

SUMMARY	1
BACKGROUND	4
SCOPE OF THE DoD IG INVESTIGATION	5
INVESTIGATIVE TECHNIQUES UTILIZED	6
Witness Interviews	6
Searches and Seizures	7
Use of the Polygraph	7
Document Searches and Reviews	7
Central Command (CENTCOM) Documents	8
National Archives and Records Administration Documents	8
Defense Intelligence Agency Documents	8
Central Intelligence Agency Documents	9
Other Agencies	9
Forensic Computer Recovery and Disk Reviews	10
Differences in the NBC Desk Logs Format	10
INVESTIGATIVE RESULTS	11
The CENTCOM NBC Watch Desk	11
How the CENTCOM NBC Desk Logs Were Created and Maintained	12
A Suspected Computer Virus and its Effect on the NBC Desk Logs	13
NBC Desk Log Issues at CENTCOM	14
Copy of NBC Desk Logs Sent to APG, MD	21
Requirement to Archive Gulf War Documents	21
Congressional Testimony	23
The 1993-94 Defense Science Board	24
Requests for Release of the CENTCOM NBC Desk Logs	24
Congressional Requests	25
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Requests	26
CONCLUSIONS	26
EXHIBITS	29