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May 6, 2008 | 2:53 PM
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There are several unanswered questions related to my story about a United Nations security guard who somehow got her job even after living in the U.S. illegally for many years.
1. How did the woman, who is now using the official name of "Camille Noray" get a driver's license in 2002 using the name "Melinda Noray"? Post 9/11, there is supposed to be a thorough check of people's documents before they are issued a license. According to the DMV, she had all the appropriate documents to receive a license under the name Melinda Noray.
2. How could she have pulled off landing this job with the U.N. without inside help from the U.N.? It would seem difficult for a woman who had spent several years as a diner waitress to somehow qualify for a position as a U.N. security officer after just a brief return to Trinidad.
3. How many other people are in the city right now under this special "G-4" status that have not been thoroughly checked out? The State Department only denies G-4 status in certain situations involving terrorism and potential danger. There are supposedly systems in place to make sure that no dangerous people are allowed in under G-4 status but since people are not fingerprinted, it would seem to be a way to wash away all kinds of bad history including criminal history.
Maybe the three names she used could be explained away as variations of her first and middle names (Melinda and Camille) and her real last name (Noray) and her husband's last name (McKenzie) but it still doesn't explain how she got by the U.N. screening process to get the security job.
It would seem that either:
a) the U.N. didn't care about her illegal immigration status (highly unlikely or she would not have been suspended as the result of our investigation);
or
b) someone was not honest in the screening process;
or
c) the screening process did not include certain basic tools that would have raised a red flag.
At the very least, the process should have determined that she had a driver's license issued under another name. A simple check of databases available to most investigators would reveal that Melinda Noray and Camille Noray appear to be the same person who lived in Brooklyn for many years.