it was supposed to be in place and in working order by now. the project started under president bush back in 2006. four years, $850 million of taxpayer money later, the virtual fence is a virtual disaster. huge waste of time and money, tied up in bureaucracy and a bloated contract between the department of hoped security and boeing. they both apparently bungled the project and tonight we re keeping them honest. let s take a look at plan. boeing got the contract to build this virtual fence back in september of 2006. now, according to a report by the gao, the government accountability office, just three months later the department of homeland security said by the end of 2009 the entire northern and southern western borders of the u.s., a total of 6,000 miles, would be covered by the fence. well, late in 2008, that projection was scaled back, forgetting about the northern border for a while, and the new goal was to have just 656 miles of the southern border completed by mid2011. well, her
it was supposed to be in place and in working order by now. the project started under president bush back in 2006. four years, $850 million of taxpayer money later, the virtual fence is a virtual disaster. huge waste of time and money, tied up in bureaucracy and a bloated contract between the department of homeland security and boeing. they both apparently bungled the project and tonight we re keeping them honest. let s take a look at plan. boeing got the contract to build this virtual fence back in september of 2006. now, according to a report by the gao, the government accountability office, just three months later the department of homeland security said by the end of 2009 the entire northern and southern western borders of the u.s., a total of 6,000 miles, would be covered by the fence. well, late in 2008, that projection was scaled back, forgetting about the northern border for a while, and the new goal was to have just 656 miles of the southern border completed by mid2011. well,
not a whole lot of fence. it was supposed to be the big fix in border security. a virtual fence. a high-tech system that would all but stop illegal immigration through surveillance, radar, the works. it was supposed to be in place and in working order by now. the project started under president bush back in 2006. four years, $850 million of taxpayer money later, the virtual fence is a virtual disaster. huge waste of time and money, tied up in bureaucracy and a bloated contract between the department of homeland security and boeing. they both apparently bungled the project and tonight we re keeping them honest. let s take a look at plan. boeing got the contract to build this virtual fence back in september of 2006. now, according to a report by the gao, the government accountability office, just three months later the department of homeland security said by the end of 2009 the entire northern and southern western borders of the u.s., a total of 6,000 miles, would be covered by the fence
fix in border security. a high-tech system that would all but stop illegal immigration. the works. it was supposed to be in place and in working order by now. the project started under president bush back in 2006. four years, $850 million of taxpayer money later, the virtual fence is a virtual disaster. huge waste of time and money, tied up in bureaucracy and a bloated contract between the department of hoped security and boeing. they both apparently bungled the project and tonight we re keeping them honest. let s take a look at plan. boeing got the contract to build this virtual fence back in september of 2006. now, according to a report by the gao, the government accountability office, just three months later the department of homeland security said by the end of 2009 the entire northern and southern western borders of the u.s., a total of 6,000 miles, would be covered by the fence. well, late in 2008, that projection was scaled back, forgetting about the northern border for a while,
according to a report by the gao, the government accountability office, just three months later the department of homeland security said by the end of 2009 the entire northern and southern western borders of the u.s., a total of 6,000 miles would be covered by the fence. late in 2008 that projection was scaled back, forgetting about the northern border for a while and the new goal was to have 656 miles of the southern border completed by mid2011. here s what has been accomplished to date. a handful of cameras in the great lakes area and two small sections totalling 53 miles. 53 miles of virtual fence in arizona and even that is said to be not working all that well. one problem, the sensors have been known apparently to have been thrown off by things like tumbleweeds. president bush started the program in 2006 but the reported 90% of illegal immigrants who decide to cross the border succeeding, building a better border security system has long been and still is a political brass ring. l