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Security at Federal Buildings Fails to Catch Bomb Materials in Undercover Tests, Report Says
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Posted on 07/08/2009 7:55:55 AM PDT by Mind Freed

WASHINGTON -- Government investigators smuggled bomb-making materials into federal buildings past the police agency charged with protecting those buildings and found numerous other gaps in security, according to a congressional report.

The Government Accountability Office said investigators carried bomb-making materials past security at 10 federal buildings. Security at these buildings and a total of about 9,000 federal buildings around the country is provided by the Federal Protective Service, a target of the probe.

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TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: bombs; security
Think this administration really cares about keeping America safe. They are too busy getting rich off of hard working Americans.
1 posted on 07/08/2009 7:55:55 AM PDT by Mind Freed
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To: Mind Freed

The FPS is just as inept as the TSA is in intercepting such materials in our airports. But the sheeple stand in line with their shoes off and pretend it’s effective because it makes them feel safer.


2 posted on 07/08/2009 7:59:19 AM PDT by kittymyrib
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To: Mind Freed

no, but it detected a credit-card calculator in my wallet that I had forgotten about which almost got me shipped off to a detention cell....


3 posted on 07/08/2009 8:07:07 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Mind Freed

The way you prevent terrorist attacks is to whack the countries that support terrorism. Not by locking down America like a Gulag.


4 posted on 07/08/2009 9:01:05 AM PDT by Notary Sojac (Chains you can believe in...)
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