Promises: The National Intelligence Reform Act of 2004 included a requirement to add 10,000 border patrol agents in the five years beginning with 2006. Only 210 new border agents have thus far been funded. A 2/10ths of 1% performance rating equals failure, not of the Act itself - but from a willful neglect of duty. Fast forward to two years later. The Secure Fence Act of 2006 included a requirement to construct 700 miles of secure border barrier, of which only two miles of new and nine miles of repaired structure has thus far been put in place. Again, a...