Border Patrol getting first part of ‘virtual fence’

PHOENIX (AP) | Government officials overseeing the construction of a “virtual fence” along the 2,000-mile U.S.-Mexico border hope to turn over the first segment to the Border Patrol in January, while beginning construction on a second stretch in coming weeks.

Although the government has plans to extend the network of cameras, ground sensors and radar along most of the border, officials said they will draw on lessons from the first two segments in southern Arizona as they contemplate whether and where to build more sections and how fast to complete them. http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/dec/01/border-patrol-getting-first-part-of-virtual-fence/Associated Press