Thread: Undercover: Nuclear Smuggling a Danger at US Borders

In 2006, the Government Accountability Office conducted an undercover investigation that revealed alarming lapses in US border security and vulnerability to nuclear smuggling.

The GOA purchased a small amount of radioactive material and one container used to store and transport the material from a commercial source over the telephone. One of the investigators, posing as an employee of a fictitious company located in Washington, D.C., stated that the purpose of his purchase was to use the radioactive sources to calibrate personal radiation detection pagers.

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In 2006, the Government Accountability Office conducted an undercover investigation that revealed alarming lapses in US border security and vulnerability to nuclear smuggling.

I'm glad the GAO did this, but seriously, did they really need to do an undercover investigation to reveal lapses in border security? They were alarmed and surprised to find out there are lapses? Nothing is more obvious than a lack of border security!