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CQ HOMELAND SECURITY – BORDER SECURITY
Sept. 27, 2007 – 6:28 p.m.
Border Agents Fail to Thwart Simulated Smuggling Attempt
By Eleanor Stables, CQ Staff
Government investigators crossed the northern border into the United States carrying simulated radioactive materials and narcotics without being stopped by authorities in recent testing, the Government Accountability Office announced Thursday.

In one case, an alert citizen notified Border Patrol agents of suspicious activity — one of the GAO investigators on the Canadian side of the border had passed a duffel bag to investigators on the U.S. side — but agents were unable to locate the investigators, “even though they had parked nearby to observe traffic passing through the port of entry,â€