Lets not forget Misty, another Gov't employee:

http://www.capefearferret.com/Ferret_Fun_Stuff.html

U.S. Space Command has billion-dollar satellites orbiting the Earth,
computers that can calculate in a blink of the eye and windowless
buildings holding top secrets.

But when a problem arose in May at the command's new year 2000 missile
warning center at Peterson Air Force Base, the military didn't call on
an engineer or a computer wonk or even a colonel.

It drafted Misty the ferret...

[Remainder deleted due to copyright can be read at the link given
above. BIG]

[Posted in FML 7829]