megyn: how do the passport agencies and how does the state department, how do they defend themselves. reporter: they say for one thing it s anee memory news challenge to try to make she s things secure to prevent a terrorist, to prevent somebody that should not have a passport from getting one. 13 million are issued every year. we had a briefing from the states department spokesman and he says we obviously have work to do. on capitol hill you ll hear from a deputy secretary, brenda sprigg who says, we can quote her, human error and the volume of documents we produce annually will be a challenge in combating fraud in the passport issuing process. our efforts to gain access to information are hampered because the counselor of affairs is not considered a law enforcement entity for purposes of sharing information, and this needs to be designated this way. in other words, the state department doesn t have the same powers as any law enforcement agency would have to get information, crimina