Homeland Security's Mindless Drone Strategy

(The final article in a series on the turn to SBInet and UAVs for border security.) Customs and Border Enforcement, the Homeland Security ag...

Border Drone Payload -- Marijuana at $70K a Pound, But Immigrants Come Cheaper

The Border Patrol points to the increasing number of arrests and amount of drugs seized as evidence of UAV benefits. In promoting expanded U...

Drone Lobby in Congress

Since the start of DHS’ drone program it has counted on the strong support of the increasingly influential Rep. Silvestre Reyes (D-Tex.), th...

Predators on Our Borders

Predator drones are patrolling the borders, hunting for illegal border crossers and payloads of smuggled marijuana. By 2015 the Department o...

Virtual Fence Broken, Beyond Repair

In 2006 DHS posted a request for proposals for SBInet, but DHS Secretary Chertoff had only the vaguest conception of what type of electronic...