Hearing to be held on security at federal buildings

WASHINGTON - A congressional hearing will be held in Atlanta Tuesday on security in federal buildings. <br> <br> According to a report obtained by The Associated Press, undercover agents were able to gain unauthorized access to four Atlanta federal buildings during tests earlier this year. <br> <br> The investigators easily slipped briefcases and packages past security checkpoints. <br> <br> The test by the General Accounting Office - the investigative arm of Congress - provides details about the lack of security at federal buildings, even after the Oklahoma City bombing and September 11th terrorist attacks. <br> <br> According to the acting director for the GAO&#39;s Office of Special Investigations - during February and March - the special agents were able to bypass magnetometers and X-ray machines, carrying items that could have been explosives, chemical weapons or listening devices. <br> <br> The buildings were the Richard Russell Building, the Sam Nunn Federal Building, the Summit Federal Building and the Martin Luther King Junior Federal Building. <br> <br> Representative Bob Barr will host today&#39;s hearing - at the Summit building.

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