Nepotism, waste, and maybe fraud - a typical government project

Defective Equipment 'Guards' U.S.-Mexican Border :
"The problems with the $239 million Integrated Surveillance Intelligence System (ISIS), which U.S. officials call crucial to defending the country against terrorist infiltrators, are under investigation by the inspector general of the General Services Administration."

A quarter billion dollar boondoggle. Well, I guess we should be grateful they were trying to do something about the border; but I would prefer buying things that work. There is an important role for technology in helping to make the most of our human resources on the borders, but somebody needs to be minding he store and making sure that what we pay for is what we get. And it's a lot cheaper to do that while the work is being done than relying on the IG to sort it out after the fact.