http://www.hlswatch.com/2009/01/12/21st-century-wall-making-progress/ News and analysis of critical issues in homeland security today. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:03:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 http://www.hlswatch.com/2009/01/12/21st-century-wall-making-progress/comment-page-1/#comment-134445 21st Century Wall Making Progress Along Border | Security Debrief - a blog of homeland security news and analysis Wed, 18 Feb 2009 15:32:43 +0000 http://www.hlswatch.com/2009/01/12/21st-century-wall-making-progress/#comment-134445 [...] Homeland Security Watch » 21st Century Wall Making Progress Along Border Congress has set aside $2.7 billion so far for the bluntest of security devices: a wall. Secretary of Homeland Security-nominee, Governor Napolitano, famously asserted “Show me a fifty-foot wall and I’ll show you a fifty-one-foot ladder. That’s the way the border works.” She is correct. A wall cannot be calibrated to respond to changes in the threat environment, natural environment, or immigration goals of our country in the same way as screening protocols at our sea ports. [...] [...] Homeland Security Watch » 21st Century Wall Making Progress Along Border Congress has set aside $2.7 billion so far for the bluntest of security devices: a wall. Secretary of Homeland Security-nominee, Governor Napolitano, famously asserted “Show me a fifty-foot wall and I’ll show you a fifty-one-foot ladder. That’s the way the border works.” She is correct. A wall cannot be calibrated to respond to changes in the threat environment, natural environment, or immigration goals of our country in the same way as screening protocols at our sea ports. [...]

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