they need and don't have so far. and if it was in the water for a week, the technicians at the fbi laboratory in quantico would be able to take that and literally just dry it out and hopefully when it's dry enough, the electronic components would go back to functioning and they'd be able to recover the information off the disks or platters which are what the hard drive is made out of. normally, that's short of time in the water is not going to be enough time to deteriorate it compared to being in salt water for two years, like in the ocean. there's a good chance to recover the data if they didn't smash the hard drive, but merely threw it in the water. a lake like that, unfortunately, people use bodies of water as trash bins and throw all kinds of things in it. there are other criminals in the san bernardino area that do robberies and commit crimes and they may have thrown their guns or knives or other material in