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    Border Security Conference

    Somehow this article doesn't feel right with me.

    http://www.kold.com/Global/story.asp?S= ... v=menu86_2

    Border Security Conference

    Nov 13, 2006 05:19 PM PST

    Mark Stine KOLD News 13 Reporter

    "Being part of the central stage for border technologies is our rightful place," John Grabo with University of Arizona Economic Development said.

    From Tucson, to Canada, to India, leaders and border protection agencies from all over the globe are in Southern Arizona.

    Michael Cabana with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police told KOLD, "It's a chance for us to sit down. It's a chance for us to compare notes, best practices and be able to talk about those differences."

    Unmanned drones, cameras and fencing, they're discussing the latest in border security technology.

    "Bringing this group to Tucson, the internationally focused group, including prime contractors in high-end technology along with small and medium size enterprises really position Tucson as a thought leader," Grabo said.

    The Common Defense, or ComDef, Conference aims to provide government, police and industry the opportunity to explore the latest in protecting borders while maintaining the free flow of trade.

    "How do you keep the enormous amount of trade going back and forth over the border, while at the same time making sure that terrorists don't slip through," Michael Darch with Ottawa Global Marketing explained.

    A Boeing representative described the new virtual fence they will soon install along the Arizona/ Mexico border.

    Boeing's plan involves a network of 1,800 towers equipped with cameras and motion detectors that could feed live information to Border Patrol agents.

    "It's a big step for our national security as a whole," a Boeing spokesman told KOLD.

    A big step nationally, but also internationally.

    "We're here to take a look at what are the technologies available, what are the new initiatives being taken," Gautam Bambawale with the Embassy of India said.

    President Bush recently signed a bill paying for hundreds of miles of new fencing along the U.S./ Mexico border to stop illegal immigration. Something Indian leaders are considering, but they say they're aim is to stop terrorism.

    Bambawale explained, "The end objectives are different and maybe not all the technologies are applicable to us, but I'm sure there are overlaps in these different objectives."
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    Like everything else ... it was all just about finangling new profit contracts for the MIC (Military Industrial Complex).

    Ugh!
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    This is the NAU functioning in broad daylight for a change.
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    What good could a 'virtual' fence accomplish if none of the rules are going to change for the Border Patrol?
    Even if the drones, motion sensors, etc pick up illegals, who's to say the Border Patrol will catch all of them?
    I'm not bagging on the BP, just the powers above who make their procedures.
    This is just a stupid idea. Build a REAL physical barrier and be done w/ it.
    "Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting the same results is the definition of insanity. " Albert Einstein.

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