Our 'Virtual Fence' is experiencing technical difficulties. Illegal aliens, please stand by. (Pretty please)
Posted on 02/28/2008 12:48:47 AM PST by kingattax
The Bush administration has scaled back plans to quickly build a "virtual fence" along the U.S.-Mexico border, delaying completion of the first phase of the project by at least three years and shifting away from a network of tower-mounted sensors and surveillance gear, federal officials said yesterday.
Technical problems discovered in a 28-mile pilot project south of Tucson prompted the change in plans, Department of Homeland Security officials and congressional auditors told a House subcommittee.
Though the department took over that initial stretch Friday from Boeing, authorities confirmed that Project 28, the initial deployment of the Secure Border Initiative network, did not work as planned or meet the needs of the U.S. Border Patrol.
The announcement marked a major setback for what President Bush in May 2006 called "the most technologically advanced border security initiative in American history." The virtual fence was to be a key component of his proposed overhaul of U.S. immigration policies, which died last year in the Senate.
Investigators for the Government Accountability Office had earlier warned that the effort was beset by both expected and unplanned difficulties. But yesterday, they disclosed new troubles that will require a redesign and said the first phase will not be completed until near the end of the next president's first term.
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the feds think we are really stupid and can't figure out that the govt has NO intention of ever securing the borders. give us a freakin break already
Virtual Smertual...Give me the old fashioned double fence with a no-mans land in the middle.
How stupid do they think we are.
WTF, bring back about 30,000 of the troops we have in S. Korea and have them man the borders - north and south. This ain’t ‘virtual’ rocket science.
The Bush administration just gave us the finger and the terrorists and illegal aliens a green light.
Damn Republicans.
That was a good idea too!
(Mine was the other one)
Virtual fence, virtual enforcement, which will go well with our virtual votes, and virtual campaign contributions.
Our 'Virtual Fence' is experiencing technical difficulties. Illegal aliens, please stand by. (Pretty please)
Unbelievable incompetence. Just build a physical wall and be done with it. This is the government that’s supposed to run “universal health care” too? George Bush dropped the ball on a generation of Republican losses based on his failed immigration policy alone.
Yup, I think that just about covers it.
You are too kind. This looks like an all too competent rope a dope delaying tactic. Bush doesn't want the fence, Chertoff is his agent and apologist. If lots of taxpayer dollars get shoveled to contractors in this "failed" effort, so much the better. sarc/
Words fail me...
More likely canceled the first day of the next presidents term.
Virtual fence to go along with virtual reality,
What a crock of b.s.
Put up the damn wall, put the national guard there to guard it and get real.
‘Virtual Fence’ Along Border To Be Delayed.....
by the virtual US POTUS...jorge bush and his illegal loving administration.....
now more can come in and do the illegal killing car wrecks and go to flight schools!!!!!
what a compassionate conservative plan!!!
This is a “virtual project” that is only materializes for speeches and press releases.
Ok Jorge, when does the tax payers get their money back from this boondoggle.
But on a more positive note, the deployment of water coolers, tax ID kiosks and bus depots continues on schedule.
If there was real intent to comply with the responsibility to control our border, then an alternative would be put in place interim. There isn’t any interim alternative proposed that I see, therefore this is lip service once again.
We should all demand a physical fence be built. We need organize once again and pound our point home as we did last year regarding the Shamnesty Bill. Get attention to the fact THE PEOPLE WANT PROTECTION from the illegals rampant abuse of our Nation, and our resources.
bttt
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When it comes to protecting America , Bush has been a Virtual President , and specifically, “out to lunch”.
Or nonexistant.
So, how long does it take to deploy a razor wire barrier, say three or four layers high?
Designers must of forgot we’re switching to digital in 2009.
Can’t be, I’ve seen FReepers and heard talk radio callers who have defended this candidate or that one from political attacks saying that there is no Republican opposition to this fence.
Of course it is plainly obvious but their political staffers make the argument again and again anyway.
There should be no universal health care even considered until the illegal immigration is stopped cold in its tracks.
If we ended ALL social safety nets, how much would those who have “nothing” pay a coyote then to be smuggled across the border?
You earn what you are paid and nada mas. And no handouts for those who send their paycheck back home to Mexico.
This “system” wouldn’t look as good to migrant labor.
Buddy Kay Bailey has also done her part to take it off the table. And Jorge’s buddy prosecutor Johnny Sutton has done his part to crack down on border security.
These people really DO know each other, they aren’t just coincidental partners in a general idea.
So in a few more years, maybe we’ll have virtual security.
While I believe the physical fence is what is needed along the border, there are areas where the terrain cannot support it.
If there is any questioning that needs to be done here, Boeing should be getting the questioning, from all of us, AND the administration.
We can hit a bullet with a bullet but we can't secure the border. So Sayeth the POTUS
Yup, some folks will have armed protection and private air travel. The rest of us will have to suffer the consequences.
That is the most provactive statement that can be uttered in this election cycle. It gets right to the point.
Dear Moron,
Hey you schmuck. Building a wall isn't Rocket Science.
Have a nice day asshat.
From what I’m told by the several BP guys I’m acquainted with, the towers are relatively easy to take out.
So what if we see who did it? A cartel will pay them enough to make it worth their while to go shoot up or ram a tower. It has happened and will continue to happen.
How well are they monitored?
If they are well monitored, where are the numbers of agents able to respond to EVERY recorded incursion?
If they have sufficient numbers of agents then where are the internment camps and buses to ship them back?
The right answer is a wall. Not a 2-ply cyclone fence that can be driven through but a wall.
Not a continuous wall either, though it may feeeeeel good to think about uninterrupted fortification.
There needs to be a few breaks so that fluffy bunnies, bambi and little insects can traverse the border along with a few of the more optimistic criminals.
These breaks (debatable in number, location and size) would serve as a shutter-upper to the enviro-cultists and perform a valuable and age old military function of channeling the enemy to ground of your choosing.
Think it wouldn’t work? Ever play the lottery?
“the feds think we are really stupid and can’t figure out that the govt has NO intention of ever securing the borders.”
Exactly. If anyone thinks Obama or McCain will build it, I have a bridge to sell.
They're all liars...
Yep. Seems to me they could start on a wall TODAY! “Virtual” my arse.
Now if we could get those shock collars on all the illegals coming over the border.
The Beltway Country club thinks the public is realy THAT stupid.
...oh wait, that's a real fence. Maybe our most secure prisons like the Supermax would be a good example of the use of virtual fence technology...
....oops, that looks like a regular fence as well.
We are being invaded by illegals. Gees.
The invasion by illegal aliens is no accident. It is being actively supported by both parties and all levels of government.
Any time I hear someone talk about Fedgov claiming that taking away more of our freedoms will lead to more security I laugh. Unfortunately, you find lots of support for shredding the 4th amendment right here on Free Republic.
In all honesty I really think that something *like* the “virtual” fence is useful but ONLY in conjunction with a REAL fence that is more substantial that two runs of chain link.
My arse too.
State-level laws are our only recourse against illegal invasion, the Feds will do nothing. Enforcment of employer sanctions (fines/jail) and landlord sanctions is more important than the fence.
At this point if Pelosi wants to start the impeachment hearing I’m up for it, as long as it’s for failing the protect the nation.
Isn’t it required BY LAW that the Duncan Hunter fence MUST BE BUILT? And completed by a certain date?
Well, then, build a REAL fence. All a virtual fence will do is allow us to watch the invasion on closed-circuit television.
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