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Published on: 2005-10-06 Bragg security review urged By Henry Cuningham Military editor U.S. Rep. Robin Hayes on Wednesday asked Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to investigate security at Fort Bragg after three contract workers were arrested for immigration violations. "As you are aware, these individuals were teaching foreign languages at the base, and though it is reported that they did not have access to classified information, I am deeply troubled about the breach of security at this strategic military installation," Hayes wrote Rumsfeld. Hayes, a Republican from Concord, is vice chairman of the House Armed Services Committee's subcommittee on terrorism. "While we are not exactly sure about the motives of these three individuals, others could have been acting with the full intent of aiding (al-Qaida)," Hayes said. "Obviously, there was a breakdown somewhere in the system, and I think we need to find out where that is." A Pentagon spokesman declined to comment on the letter. "The secretary will be reading that correspondence," said Air Force Lt. Col. John Skinnner, a Pentagon spokesman. "Communication from members of Congress occurs frequently and is important." No comment A Fort Bragg spokesman declined to comment on the letter but defended the Army post's security record. "It would be very inappropriate for us to comment on a letter between Congressman Hayes and Secretary Rumsfeld," said Tom McCollum, a Fort Bragg spokesman. "I will say, though, that these arrests are proof we have systems in place that minimize the use of false documents, but because of operational security, it would be inappropriate to provide the details." The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina and the U. S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Charlotte on Tuesday announced the arrests of two Indonesians and a Senegalese who were working as contract language instructors. Immigration agents arrested Nurkis Qadariah, a 34-year-old native of Indonesia, and Sayk Rimal, a 37-year-old native of Indonesia, on charges of possessing and using false documents and making false statements. Agents also arrested Ousmane Moreau, a 38-year-old native of Senegal, in the same investigation. He was charged with administrative immigration violations, including being in the United States illegally. He will be placed in removal proceedings. The arrests were the result of a joint investigation by ICE, the Defense Criminal Investigative Service, the U. S. Army Criminal Investigative Division and Fort Bragg security officials. The investigation continues. "The suspects were identified and appropriate actions were taken," McCollum said. "They were arrested through cooperation of other government agencies." The instructors work at the U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School, which falls under U.S. Army Special Operations Command at Fort Bragg. The JFK Center's courses include foreign language instruction for Special Forces soldiers, who are trained in the languages and cultures of geographic areas of the world. "In this specific case, these instructors had a purely academic role and were not exposed to any special operations unique information," said Lt. Col. Hans Bush, a USASOC spokesman. The district attorney Tuesday incorrectly announced that the three people work at the Joint Special Operations Command, which oversees the military's counterterrorism units, such as Delta Force. "The challenge in the ID document system is finding those who have valid credentials obtained at other agencies through falsification of information," McCollum said. "In this case, working with other government agencies and catching these individuals shows that a system is in place and working." Fort Bragg is increasing the use of new technology at randomly selected entrances to scan military ID cards and drivers' licenses, McCollum said. Ken McGraw, a spokesman for U.S. Special Operations Command in Tampa, Fla., said a review is being done to ensure that the contractor is complying with the provisions of the contract, which require it to conduct a background investigation before hiring an instructor. "The Defense Contract Management Agency office in Orlando, Fla., does a periodic review to ensure that the contractor is complying with the provisions of the contract," McGraw said. "We have asked them to do a special review of the contractor's records to ensure they have done all the appropriate background investigations prior to employment of instructors. BIB of Orlando has a five-year, $50 million contract to provide language instructors to the command's Army, Navy and Air Force troops, McGraw said. Military editor Henry Cuningham can be reached at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or 486-3585. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Fair play? 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