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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