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By G.W. Schulz - Politics DailyThe Obama administration's recent surprise decision to suspend new work on a multibillion-dollar high-tech border control system -- the third attempted since 1997 -- raises further questions about the government's use of computer networks and sensors in an effort to seal the border with Mexico. As part of a broad illegal immigration crackdown called the Secure Border Initiative, a seamless "virtual fence" launched in 2005 was supposed to be up and running by last year. Among other things, the project known as SBInet called for a vast surveillance system along the 2,000-mile Southwestern ...
Times Square Bomb Attempt Seen as Failure for Homeland Security, Poll Says
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyA plurality of voters think the attempted bombing in Times Square was a failure for the Homeland Security Department because the suspect was able to leave his car in Times Square with explosives in it, and unlike the case of the would-be Christmas Day bomber, the public is divided on whether Faisal Shahzad should be tried as an enemy combatant,according to a Fox News/Opinion Dynamics poll conducted May 4-5. Forty-seven percent labeled security efforts a failure because of Shahzad's ability to get the bomb-laden SUV into a busy part of the city and park it before a T-shirt vendor saw smoke ...
Immigration Reform: First Secure Border, Says Sen. Lindsey Graham
By Tom Diemer - Politics DailySen. Lindsey Graham and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano clashed Tuesday over whether the Senate should move forward immediately on immigration reform, with Graham betting "everything I own" that a comprehensive bill will not pass this year unless the nation first secures its border with Mexico. An angry Graham (R-S.C.) earlier backed away from his support for a climate change bill after learning the Obama adminstration wants to begin a new push for immigration reform, with legislation likely to grant legal status to undocumented workers -- if certain conditions are met. The ...
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