FBI Probing Reports Of Fake Hospital Inspectors-WP
NEW YORK --The FBI and other law enforcement agencies are looking into incidents in which people masquerading as unannounced inspectors were found poking around three hospitals in Boston, Detroit and Los Angeles, the Washington Post reported in its Friday editions.
In each case the impostors were stopped by security guards or hospital staff, and then either left or were expelled, the Post reported. No one has been arrested, and neither the identity of the intruders nor their motives are known, the Post reported.
"There is no working hypothesis. It could be any number of things, from identity theft to something more nefarious," an FBI spokesman, who declined to be named, said, according to the Post.
The Department of Homeland Security is also "aware of these suspicious reports," said Brian Roehrkasse, a department spokesman, the Post reported. He added the agency does not have "any intelligence information that indicates al Qaeda is planning an attack or targeting hospitals," according to the Post report.
What better place for bioterror than a hospital and considering how many foreigners work in our hospitals, how easy the access
~sigh
WTOP.com (AP): Washington - "FEDS LOOK INTO FAKE HOSPITAL INSPECTORS" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Federal authorities are looking into three closely bunched incidents in which people posing as inspectors were caught nosing around hospitals in Boston, Detroit and Los Angeles.") (Updated April 22, 2005) (Read More...)