Covert government investigators were able to successfully enroll in a homeland security credentialing program aimed at increasing security at the nation’s seaports through the use of counterfeit and fraudulently acquired identification documents, demonstrating that there are security vulnerabilities in the Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) program, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) says in a report this week. The documents used by the GAO testers were good enough to let them successfully pass background checks conducted by the Transportation Security Administration…
GAO Covert Testers Fraudulently Obtain TWIC Cards
Defense Daily Staff
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