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Clinton believe it's more important to compare cost of stealing and vandalism versus
investigating. June 12, 2002 -- WASHINGTON - Clinton administration staffers committed $20,000 worth of potentially criminal vandalism at the White House when they left office in 2001, congressional probers have found. At least 62 "w" keys were yanked off computer keyboards, obscene voice mail was left, labels with phone numbers were removed so new staffers didn't know what their phone numbers were, desk drawers were glued shut and 26 cell phones were missing, as was a $350 presidential seal. "Intentional damage at the White House complex is both inappropriate and a serious matter," says the Government Accounting Office's 220-page report. The report also, for the first time, reveals that a bust of Abraham Lincoln vanished and was found at former Vice President Al Gore's home. A Gore ex-staffer is quoted as saying staffers "inadvertently packed" the bust - which Gore returned on July 11, 2001. Gore spokesman Jano Cabrera said Gore wasn't even aware he had the bust, adding: "The [Bush] White House wasted more money investigating vandalism than there were actual acts of vandalism." 
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