Costly virtual border fence in tatters

Los Angeles Times ^ | October 22, 2010 | Brian Bennett

[Will88]

Reporting from Washington — The Department of Homeland Security, positioning itself to cut its losses on a so-called invisible fence along the U.S.- Mexico border, has decided not to exercise a one-year option for Boeing to continue work on the troubled multibillion-dollar project involving high-tech cameras, radar and vibration sensors.

[kabar]

Since it is $23 billion a year and increasing, they would have to do a lot of maneuvers versus a small fee tacked on to the remittance. It doesn’t have to be much.