“Virtual border fence” ready to be deployed - in another 3 years or so. Maybe.
Arrogance ruled by
incompetence.
Technical problems have forced the Bush administration to retool a high-tech “virtual fence” along the U.S.-Mexico border and will delay the first phase for at least three years…
Department of Homeland Security officials and congressional auditors told lawmakers on Wednesday that problems found in the 28-mile pilot project built near Nogales, Arizona, by Boeing Co. will require a change in plans, the Post reported…
While the Department of Homeland Security took over the high-tech project from Boeing last week, authorities confirmed the initial deployment did not work as planned or meet the needs of the U.S. Border Patrol, the Post said.
Homeland Insecurity admitted that, in fact, the system may not be ready until the end of the next president’s first term.
Posted: Thu - February 28, 2008 at 08:37 AM