How about closely watching our street corners Mr. Chertoff!

The Washington Post has a story with the title: U.S. to Closely Watch Boeing's Border Plan

Here's the amusing quote from the article:

"In announcing that Boeing had won the Secure Border Initiative Network (SBInet) contract, Chertoff emphasized that his department would call the shots and keep close watch on the company's progress."

If only the Department of Homeland Security would keep a close eye on the streets of towns across the U.S. where illegal immigrants flauntingly stand around looking for work after breaking our immigration laws. Or how about arresting the elite idiots like Mayor Mike Bloomberg of New York who openly announce that New York is a "sanctuary city" for illegals in clear violation of U.S. laws. But, he of course accepts Federal dollars to help pay for the services they use.

But, the money quote of the article comes from T. J. Bonner, president of the National Border Patrol Council, which represents 11,000 agents who said:

"Surveillance technology can be useful if you have enough people on the ground to respond to it," he said. "But if you don't, you just have to file it away because you're too busy with the first 50 people that the cameras caught. It's not the solution to the illegal immigration problem. The solution is denying access to jobs so people don't come across in the first place."

Now there's a guy who truly understands what the problem is and the hundreds of millions that Homeland Security is throwing at Boeing will not fix that problem.