This alarming GAO finding flies in the face of homeland security goals; a number of the September 11 airline hijackers used illicitly obtained state driver’s licenses to help carry out their crimes.
Sadly, the GAO report is just another in a series of highly disturbing investigations in which people used bogus driver’s licenses to purchase firearms as well as use phony law enforcement credentials to enter government buildings while armed. For details on the results of these investigations, log on to www.gao.gov.