[kayodelycaon]

Losing a bomb is pretty easy. It just requires a convergence of mistakes. Laundering it requires you make those mistakes happen and avoid anyone finding out you did it.

I’d go with lost.

[RichardHesketh]

^ This. Because: Hanlon’s Razor (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanlon's_razor)

"never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity."

[MichaelCollins]

I think Hanlon's razor goes out the window when you're talking about anything adjacent to spycraft and espionage.

"Oops, I accidentally left a briefcase full of classified documents on the bus. Honest mistake, I swear!"

Oldest trick in the book, innit?

[kayodelycaon]

It takes more than one person to lose a bomb. “Losing” a briefcase is much easier.

[hypertele-Xii]

But nobody did find out. The bombs are still missing.