Defense

Navy Security Scrutinized

The Washington Navy Yard shooting --the incident prompted immediate calls for reviews of base security procedures. Did it have anything to do with money? Congre...

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September 18, 2013 11:00 am

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The Washington Navy Yard shooting –the incident prompted immediate calls for reviews of base security procedures. Did it have anything to do with money? Congressman Michael Turner called for Defense Department officials to release information on an inspector general’s audit of its system for controlling civilian workers’ access to military bases. The Navy may have “implemented an unproven system in order to cut costs,” Turner, an Ohio Republican, said in a letter dated Monday to Lynne Halbrooks, the Pentagon’s acting inspector general.