[ikka]

The use of unmanned aerial vehicles and other technology could help curb smuggling on the U.S.-Mexico border, Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge said Wednesday.

Thank you Tom Ridge, you useless git, for stating the obvious. Didnt American Border Patrol show this to be the case several months ago?

Turn up your d$mn hearing aids you fool!

[Ajnin]

The US Border Patrol used RPV's several years ago. They were given up in favor of static cameras. Now, DHS is looking at using RPV's to cover dead space and to follow smuggling loads that can't be monitored by static cameras. There is also a rumor floating around DHS, that after manning the northern border properly, Border Patrol agents will be sent into the interior to perform city patrols.

[kstewskis]

Thank you Tom Ridge, you useless git, for stating the obvious. Didnt American Border Patrol show this to be the case several months ago? Turn up your d$mn hearing aids you fool!

BUMP to that!

We've been screaming here for years in the SW about this invasion, and more vocally about it since 9-11. And they're just now thinking about the obvious!?

Then again, we're talking the gub'mit. I guess since we've actually gotten a looksee at the problem over 2.25 years since 9-11, that's record time for them.