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Posted on 12/09/2009 9:20:06 AM PST by BGHater
I missed this story:
Since 2007, the U.S. State Department has been issuing high-tech "e-passports," which contain computer chips carrying biometric data to prevent forgery. Unfortunately, according to a March report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO), getting one of these supersecure passports under false pretenses isn't particularly difficult for anyone with even basic forgery skills.
A GAO investigator managed to obtain four genuine U.S. passports using fake names and fraudulent documents. In one case, he used the Social Security number of a man who had died in 1965. In another, he used the Social Security number of a fictitious 5-year-old child created for a previous investigation, along with an ID showing that he was 53 years old. The investigator then used one of the fake passports to buy a plane ticket, obtain a boarding pass, and make it through a security checkpoint at a major U.S. airport. (When presented with the results of the GAO investigation, the State Department agreed that there was a "major vulnerability" in the passport issuance process and agreed to study the matter.)
More than 70 countries have adopted the biometric passports, which officials describe as a revolution in immigration security. However, the GAO's investigation proves that even the best technology can't keep a country safe when the bureaucracy behind it fails.
No credential can be more secure than its breeder documents and issuance procedures.
actually, when I was in Mexico this year, I was told by a worker from the Mexico DMV, that you can buy a driver’s license through there department for any US state.
I wouldnt be surprised if our government gave them the templates for printing these. It’d be a lot easier than passing amnesty or giving them away in USA.
I have such great confidence in my government and every thing it touches.
We are so close to winning the War on Drugs, Terror, Poverty, etc. Should be another week and it will all have been won.
Funny, when I was a kid I went to Mexico and got a real Mexican Driver’s license, Mexican Passport, etc, all in my real name, but birth date changed so I could drink in college.
Still have it, Passport good for 30 years or something.
If things keep going with Obama, I may move south.
And the job security would be almost absolute. Can you imagine our government without incompetence and security lapses in the bureaucracy? Neither can I.
Using Fake Documents:See Obamas documents.
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Just go to www.USAJOBS.GOV and apply on line.
Except the passport was not fake! There is a huge difference between a fake document and a genuine document issued due to fraud!
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