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Cost remains question in halt of SBInet program

Homeland Security Today\'s David Silverberg explains the factors that led to the decision to cancel the program to build an electronic fence along the country\'...

Federal News Network Staff

January 17, 2011 2:35 pm

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The Department of Homeland Security and Congress will have to move forward with the issue of border security in the face of DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano’s decision to pull the plug on SBInet.

Boeing’s project to build a virtual fence was riddled with cost-overruns and technological problems almost from the start.

David Silverberg, editor of Homeland Security Today, told DorobekINSIDER producer Scott Carr that the cost of the project is an issue we probably will not be hearing much about.