Come on, this is outrageous!

[WilliamSmyth]

http://azstarnet.com/news/local/bord...cc4c03286.html
The federal government’s investigative arm issued yet another scathing report about Department of Homeland Security’s virtual fence program Thursday, questioning the cost-effectiveness of an initiative that has plagued by glitches and delays over the past five years.

The Government Accountability Office’s report said Homeland Security has “yet to demonstrate the cost-effectiveness of the proposed SBInet solution, and thus whether the considerable time and money being invested represented a prudent use of limited resources.”

Despite allocations of $1.6 billion, the Boeing Co.-led SBInet program’s promised technology is still not available to the Border Patrol, a May report from the Government Accountability Office found. Two grids along 53 miles of border in Southwestern Arizona are up, but not yet working.

The problems prompted Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano to order a reassessment of the program in January and freeze future funds in March beyond work on the two Arizona systems. When she announced the freezing of funds, she also reallocated $50 million from stimulus funds to buy commercially available, stand-alone technology. More than half of that - $31.7 million - is scheduled to buy mobile surveillance systems that Border Patrol agents say are very effective.


I see nothing wrong in halting the funding of a billion dollar program that isn't working and redirecting part of the money to systems that actually work and are favored by the agents doing the job.


I've now listened to the video and it is more Fox propaganda. Perhaps if you wanted a serious response to the problems of border security you shouldn't promote a video and a report that intentionally misleads for partisan political purposes.

[jackmccullough]

Can anyone on the left defend this?

No, I cannot defend your lying to score a cheap political point.

Thanks for asking, though.