The World - News from Oct. 20, 1986
The blueprints of the bombed U.S. Embassy annex in East Beirut are in the hands of 11 Lebanese construction firms that lack security clearances, U.S. News & World Report said in its Oct. 27 edition. The report said the apparent breach in procedure was uncovered by a confidential General Accounting Office investigation of the State Department’s program to improve security against terrorism. The State Department sold the blueprints for $250 a copy to Lebanese firms bidding for the $7.4-million renovation project, the magazine said.
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