Virtual Fence Doesn’t Work
Posted by: The Watchdog in Homeland Security, Border crossing

The government loves giving money to their corporate buddies. And we know they don’t want to secure the border anyway, so this is actually a good deal for them. I bet they’re all laughing their asses off right now.

VIDEO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cp9usDbcrgM

[quote]KFOXTV: http://www.kfoxtv.com/news/15299980/detail.html

EL PASO, Texas — The 700 miles of fencing along the U.S.-Mexico border includes a virtual fence made up of a network of cameras, sensors, enhanced communications and upgraded vehicles. The sophisticated equipment is supposed to work as the extra eyes and ears for Border Patrol agents monitoring the open desert. But the first 28 miles of the high-tech virtual fence went up in Arizona, and has seen its share of glitches.

T.J. Bonner with the National Border Patrol Council said glitches include a radar that confused raindrops for undocumented immigrants. He said, “One officer reported that he saw a group of 80 illegal aliens moving northward and then after the end of shift went back to see if the technology had spotted it. It had not.â€