Guards: It’s the Dept. of Homeland Insecurity
Source: By Chip Reid, NBC News, Updated: 7:29 p.m. ET March 9, 2006
WASHINGTON - In a residential area of Washington, D.C., the headquarters of the Department of Homeland Security is fenced, gated and patrolled by armed guards. The guards are employed by Wackenhut Services, a British company that provides security for many sensitive American sites, including many of the nation's nuclear power plants. But the Homeland Security headquarters is anything but secure, according to more than a dozen former and current Wackenhut employees who signed statements citing everything from unmanned guard stations to inadequate training. .... The Department of Homeland Security says it “maintains several security measures both seen and unseen” and notes that after the white powder incident, guards were given additional training and more training will soon be required under a new security contract.