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U.S. is set to erect virtual borders
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Posted on 05/24/2004 11:07:19 AM PDT by esryle
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posted on
05/24/2004 11:07:19 AM PDT
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esryle
To: esryle
Wasn't this called "The Bolero Shield"?
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posted on
05/24/2004 11:09:42 AM PDT
by
George Smiley
(Is the RKBA still a right if you have to get the government's permission before you can exercise it?)
To: esryle
With a virtual border in place, the actual border guard will become the last point of defense, rather than the first, because each visitor will have already been screened by a global web of databases. Funny. The govt. will know about Italians with speeding tickets, nothing about terrorists.
Sounds like a boondoggle.
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posted on
05/24/2004 11:09:56 AM PDT
by
Shermy
To: esryle
the technology to so this is actually quite straightforward - I just hope whomever gets the contract doesn't screw it up.
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posted on
05/24/2004 11:09:56 AM PDT
by
oceanview
To: oceanview
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posted on
05/24/2004 11:10:21 AM PDT
by
oceanview
To: esryle; All
I unfortunatly see how this will stop those pesky virtual illegal aliens.
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posted on
05/24/2004 11:13:00 AM PDT
by
Americanwolf
(Former Navy AO3... IYAOYAS!!!! Population control and landscaping with a bang!)
To: esryle
And how will this help stop the millions that cross our borders each year?
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posted on
05/24/2004 11:13:22 AM PDT
by
inflation
(Cuba = BAD, China = Good? Why, should both be treated the way Cuba is?)
To: esryle
I wouldn't like to be the guy who has to create the ERD for this.
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posted on
05/24/2004 11:14:00 AM PDT
by
ryanjb2
To: B4Ranch
expensive high-tech maginot line.
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posted on
05/24/2004 11:15:20 AM PDT
by
glock rocks
(Please pray for our patriot armed forces in harm's way - and the families awaiting their safe return)
To: esryle
I'm sure anyone who thinks Bermuda is a good place to grant the contract will have no problem when Mexico wins the next bid process. I don't know, perhaps China or North Korea could give us a good deal. We could save a lot of money.
Sheesh! Bermuda will watch our borders for us. LMAO
To: esryle
The Mexican government has had a system like this for years - they scan the machine-readable text on your passport when you enter and leave the country, and have a machine-readable customs and visa declaration form, and store it all in a database.
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posted on
05/24/2004 11:31:31 AM PDT
by
mvpel
(Michael Pelletier)
To: *immigrant_list; A Navy Vet; Lion Den Dan; Free the USA; Libertarianize the GOP; madfly; B4Ranch; ..
To: esryle
These people must be living in the spirit world. ILLEGALS and TERRORISTS don't use passports or border crossings to enter the country.
Let's spend money on tracking those that for the most part are probably OK, instead of spending that money on tracking those that want to kill us and drain our coffers. Yep, makes sense to me!
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posted on
05/24/2004 11:38:14 AM PDT
by
unixfox
(Close the borders, problems solved!)
To: esryle
With a virtual border in place, the actual border guard will become the last point of defense, rather than the first, because each visitor will have already been screened by a global web of databases. Once visitors arrive at U.S. checkpoints, they will face "real-time identification," or instantaneous authentication to confirm that they are who they say they are. U.S. officials will, at least theoretically, be able to track them inside the United States and determine if they leave the country on time.
Uh huh.
And what happens if I'm a terrorist from a foreign country & decide to enter the U.S. via our overwhelmingly unguarded 2,000 mile (or whatever) border between the U.S. & Canada? Or I decide to take a small, private boat & arrive somewhere along our coastline?
How would this multi-billion dollar project prevent that?
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posted on
05/24/2004 11:38:42 AM PDT
by
gdani
(letting the marketplace decide = conservatism)
To: esryle
How about some REAL borders for a change?
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posted on
05/24/2004 11:39:10 AM PDT
by
Bikers4Bush
(Flood waters rising, heading for more conservative ground. Vote for true conservatives!)
To: inflation
"And how will this help stop the millions that cross our borders each year?"
Its not supposed to. Sounds more like a way to pay off or buy campaign contributions.
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posted on
05/24/2004 11:39:27 AM PDT
by
cavan
To: inflation; Americanwolf
It won't help with our real, and not virtual, illegal alien problem. Washingtion doesn't really give a damn about our pourous southern border. If they did, we wouldn't hear about anmesty programs, ooops....I mean guest worker, we'd see Bush telling Fox were to stick it, and we'd have a real border erected.
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posted on
05/24/2004 11:43:39 AM PDT
by
Bella_Bru
(It's for the children = It takes a village)
To: esryle
...their ability to monitor who is entering at the country's more than 300 border-crossing checkpoints by land, sea and air, where they are going and whether they pose a terrorist threat.Leaving the rest of the border safe for drug smugglers and illegal aliens.
What about the privacy concerns of foreign visitors?
They shouldn't have, nor expect, any.
And most critical... can the system really work?
The question isn't "can it?", the question is "will the government FUBARize it?". The answer is yes.
To: Bella_Bru
Yes, but they are just doing jobs that Americans will not do.
(I guess the guy that worked in construction at my church who lost his job because they replaced all the legals with illegals is just a fluke) :-<
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posted on
05/24/2004 11:49:44 AM PDT
by
inflation
(Cuba = BAD, China = Good? Why, should both be treated the way Cuba is?)
To: esryle
Maybe someone can sneak a rider that will allow us to close the Mexican border for real.
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posted on
05/24/2004 11:49:48 AM PDT
by
theDentist
(John Kerry never saw a TAX he wouldn't HIKE !!!)
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