Case Closed.

Uh-oh. The Los Angeles Times reports that the FBI's long-waited Virtual Case File system, aimed at allowing agents to more readily share information, might have to be scrapped. The system was originally scheduled to be completed at the end of 2003, but contractor Science Applications International Corp. didn't deliver a prototype until last month--and it, apparently, isn't working as planned. The FBI has gone as far as contacting other vendors about building a different system.

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