Posted on 01/27/2006 11:34:16 AM PST by jackbenimble
The Homeland Security Department today took the wraps off its ambitious plan to quickly gain control of the U.S. northern and southern borders by hiring a systems integration contract team to carry out the Secure Border Initiative (SBI).
DHS plans to request proposals in March and award a contract by Sept. 30 to deploy new technology as part of a comprehensive overhaul of security between ports of entry along the land borders.
SBI.net replaces the America’s Shield Initiative (ASI), the Border Patrol’s more limited and now canceled plan to modernize the sensor networks along the borders. The fiscal 2006 budget includes $31 million for ASI, but plans that DHS officials announced today at the SBI.net industry day strongly suggested that the new project would cost much more.
Homeland Security deputy secretary Michael P. Jackson told an audience of hundreds of vendor representatives and federal employees gathered at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington that secretary Michael Chertoff has tagged SBI as “ one of most important public policy priorities.”
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Too little, too late, I'm afraid.
Maybe he doesn't like being compared to Bagdad Bob.
I agree. All this technology would be a nice compliment for a real security fence. But without the fence, it is just a waste of money designed to make it look like Bush cares about securing the border when in fact he is doing everything in his power to keep the cheap labor flowing.
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SBI.net replaces the America’s Shield Initiative (ASI), the Border Patrol’s more limited and now canceled plan to modernize the sensor networks along the borders. The fiscal 2006 budget includes $31 million for ASI, but plans that DHS officials announced today at the SBI.net industry day strongly suggested that the new project would cost much more.
Gee...instead of spending all this Tax Money on "studies", how about simply BUILDING the FRICKIN' WALL!
Create choke points that channell the illegals into an area that the BP/ICE can simply stake out and wait for them to just walk in to be apprehended!
But Nooooooo....Jorge Arbusto is hell-bent on finishing off the American Dream for Americans, and creating an OBL zone from the arctic to the equator!
It's quite obvious this administration's "plan" for regaining control of the borders is to open them up entirely. They will however pretend they're getting serious just long enough until they can get favorable legislation passed like a massive guest worker program.
Golly gee gosh, shouldn't this have been done on 9/12/01??
Of course there's not a word to address the HUGE problem of the 16? million invaders who are already here, sucking the life out of American social services, schools and medical facilities...
Even the impressive walls in post #5 can be climbed in under a minute with a ladder.
"fast-track" with plans ready by next October?
Wow - someone get me a dictionary
lol that was my thought as well.
If this is the fast track, I'd sure hate to see what the sidewalk plan would look like.
WHAT?
No Halliburton? ;-)
You won't get much argument from me about that. I'm all for doubling the number of guards or whatever it takes.
But a fence would make our existing Border Patrol far more effective because rather than patrolling a border 2000 miles long and 20 miles deep (40,000 square miles) they would be able to focus there efforts on the fence. They would be patrolling a line that was 2000 miles long and only 50 feet deep (about 20 square miles). The same 10,000 agents would be deployed much more densely because they would not need to spread out all over and deep into the desert on our side of the border. Further, the fence would discourage many of the would be illegals from even trying to cross the border. The less people trying to cross, the easier the job would become.
Everybody knows that a fence would work and that is why Vincete Fox and the US Chamber of Commerce and President Bush are so desperate to avoid building it. They don't want anything to interrupt the flow of cheap labor.
It's sad to say but there's not going to be anymore words on what to do with illegals currently here, it's already understood they'll get to stay for 3 to 6 years. Then of course we'll make them go home when their time is up just like we do now.
One would think that Ft. Huachuka(sp?) could launch drones and/or blimps along the border with cameras, and possibly self protection arms, to monitor the border and give practical experience to the military at the same time. Some time ago they flew blimps over the AZ border. Seems that some were shot at/down hence the need for self protection!! But that would be a faster start.
This is all very cute with the high tech,"Buck Rogers" surveillance toys but we really don't need to see what they're doing,we need TO STOP what they're doing.The cameras and GPS will no more stop illegal criminals than your da*n computer will mow the yard!
To quote Hank Hill" "yup!"
Adn it doesn't even START until 2007. We'll be good and toast by then. Maybe I can start a new business and get some government funds tho to waste. :D
ping
More bullshit from chrome dome Chertoff. They'll do anything, squander any amount of taxpayer money rather than BUILDING A DAMN FENCE!
Typical DC hacks in action.
The fiscal 2006 budget includes $31 million for ASI, but plans that DHS officials announced today at the SBI.net industry day strongly suggested that the new project would cost much more.
Is this pipe dream even funded (other than the $31 million which, per DHS, won't be enough)?
The obvious solution is to build a serious fence such as the Israeli one and have the Border Patrol respond to all intrusions. Fast response would be the key. 10,000 US troops plus the present day Border Patrol plus a serious fence would shut down the drug flow from Mexico and illegal alien entries
This fence will have high mounted cameras to see into Mexico and motion sensors
Protect our borders and coastlines from all foreign invaders!
Support our Minutemen Patriots!
Be Ever Vigilant ~ Bump!
Sounds like someone has been lurking on FR:
DHS plans to launch a Web site for SBI.net and post a transcript of the industry day presentations there. Officials said the department would release details about the Web site on the fedbizopps.gov Web site Jan. 30. You can bet we'll be posting this news on FR...HJ
Giddens, who joined the SBI.net project from a previous assignment in the Coast Guard, said, “This is a signature effort for the department.” He emphasized the need to take a systems approach to the SBI.net project, and said that it would include several aspects, such as ending the “catch and release” approach to illegal border crossers, deterring cross-border crimes, strengthening employer compliance programs, removing incarcerated aliens and bolstering interior enforcement.
Only problem I see is the lack of a wall. We'll see how the Industry Day presentations look...
As much as I hate lawsuits, anybody injured by the Criminals who do not belong in our country should sue everybody from the dog catcher to the POTUS for doing very little to stop the invasion of our country!
Why the hurry...
We need to can this guy and move on with the fence...
It may come down to state militias enforcing the border.
How many Minutemen can we hire for $31 million?
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