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From: Peter Capek <capek@ieee.org>
Date: March 13, 2009 5:30:25 PM EDT
To: Dave Farber - IP <dave@farber.net>
Subject: Post-9/11 Reforms Don't Stop Faked Passports
Post-9/11 Reforms Don't Stop Faked Passports
Posted By: Jillian Coyle Date last updated: 3/13/2009 3:05:43 PM
Using phony documents and the identities of a dead man and a
5-year-old boy, a government investigator obtained U.S. passports in
a test of post-9/11 security.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Using phony documents and the identities of a dead
man and a 5-year-old boy, a government investigator obtained U.S.
passports in a test of post-9/11 security.
Despite efforts to boost passport security since the 2001 terror
attacks, the investigator fooled passport and postal service
employees on four separate applications, according to a new report.
The ruses are detailed in a report being issued this week by the
Government Accountability Office. A draft summary of the findings was
obtained by The Associated Press.
In one instance, the investigator used the Social Security number of
a man who died in 1965, a fake New York birth certificate and fake
Florida driver's license. He received a passport four days later.
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