Surprise: "Virtual" Border Security Virtually Useless

Virtual fraud:

A virtual border surveillance program Gov. Rick Perry has committed millions of taxpayer dollars to fell far short of expectations during the first six months of operation.

Border sheriffs, who Perry gave $2 million to line the Texas-Mexico border with hundreds of Web cameras, installed only about a dozen and made just a handful of apprehensions as a result of tips from online viewers.
Reports obtained by the El Paso Times under the Texas Public Information Act show that the cameras produced a fraction of the objectives Perry outlined.

Perry's office acknowledged the reported results were a far from the expectations but said the problem was with the yardstick used to measure the outcome and not with the camera program.

"The Virtual border progress reports need to be adjusted to come in line with the strategy," said Perry spokeswoman Katherine Cesinger.

What the hell does that last statement mean? How can progress reports come in line with the strategy? Was the strategy to fail?

Rhetorical question; of course that was the strategy. The strategy is to appease the public with bullshit window-dressing while doing nothing to actually stop the problem.

Thanks to Gabriel Hussein Malor.

posted by Ace at 03:49 PM

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