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Article: DAILY FOCUS ; ATLANTA FEDERAL BUILDINGS FAIL SECURITY SCREENINGS
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- Dayton Daily News
- Article date:
- May 1, 2002
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Undercover agents find many problems
WASHINGTON - Months after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, federal
investigators found security so lax at four Atlanta federal buildings
that undercover agents with fake identification and briefcases were
able to bypass metal detectors and X-ray machines.
The agents also were able to obtain secret security codes
admitting them to the facilities after work hours, says the U.S.
General Accounting Office (GAO), which conducted the tests.
During February and March, the undercover agents "were not
challenged by anyone" as they moved around the federal buildings days
and evenings, says a statement by Ronald Malfi, an official with the
GAO, which serves as the ...