CNN - GAO SAYS FAKE U.S. PASSPORTS EASY TO GET
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By Mike Ahlers
CNN
Saturday, March 14, 2009
A congressional investigation has exposed gaping holes in
security eight years after the September 11 terrorist
attacks, a government report says.
An investigator used a false identification to obtain a
U.S. passport and then used the passport to get an airline
boarding pass and go through an airport security
checkpoint, according to the Government Accountability
Office.
The GAO, the investigative arm of Congress, said its
undercover investigator conducted four tests of the
passport issuance system and "easily" obtained passports
every time.
Individuals with "even minimal counterfeiting capabilities"
can obtain genuine U.S. passports, which can be used to
travel overseas, open bank accounts and prove U.S.
citizenship, the GAO report says....
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